The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
– Charles R. Swindoll
Patti makes us look for the details this week – and we’re looking forward to seeing what you have found! Please visit Patti’s site for wonderful inspiration.
This bronze sculpture by the American Paul Kubic, stands in Keukenhof Castle Garden and is named The Temptation of Saint Anthony. Saint Anthony was a hermit in the desert of Egypt in the 300´s. The bronze below was made 1978 -1984 and it measures 175 x 400 x 150.
We were there for the Dahlia festival, but were totally absorbed by the details in this work. We went back to it several times for even closer looks. I also talked to a man, who used to go see this statue every year, photographing the changes. Mostly how parts of it were disappearing I think…
The theme used to be popular with artists in the old days because it represented the temptations of everyday life and reminded audiences to mimic Saint Anthony’s devotion and re-enforce the trust in God to ignore temptation.
Many details included hands, and if you want to see a little bit more of all the fantastic details, you can click this link for a 2.32- minute video that really conveys the mystery of Kubic’s work.
Patti allowed us to post one more story though. My second detailed sequence is from the Dahlia Floats in Holland. A different kind of art work, but also a demanding one.
I was very impressed by the work to fit in every single flower in its prepainted place matching its correct painted colour…
– and fast too! Flowers don’t last very long without water. For cut flowers even shorter time. They must last the whole parade and a second day.
An even closer look when the float was passing, and you could see the flowers and construction in detail.
So, have fun and show us what you’ve discovered! Be sure to link to Patti’s original post and use the Lens-Artists tag.
Last week, Egidio hosted his “Silence” challenge, which was a beautiful exploration of places filled with quiet. Something we all need in this turbulent world and I enjoyed every minute! Next week, it’s Tina’s turn to lead us, so be sure to stop by her gorgeous site, Travels and Trifles, next Saturday at noon EST. See you then!
Leya 
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Great selections. Fascinating sculpture!!!
Thanks John!
Fabulous choices for the challenge, AC. Thanks also for alerting me to the Reader issue. Support has given me another solution. Hopefully that works. Back to your post, great choices for the theme. I watched the video…truly amazing details.
Thank you, Patti, for a great challenge! I hope the engineers found a good solution!
Hi AC. He (the bot) had me adjust my settings. I’ll check with everyone to see if the problem has resolved. If not, I’ll go up the ladder!
Well, I hope! I can still not write any tags…except for those that are already there…
Two great choices for the challenge Ann-Christine. That statue is incredible in its details! I also loved the flower float and have often wondered how they put those together. Our own Rose Bowl parade is similar but all of the flowers are roses! Such a beautiful and complex art.
Thank you, yes, I really admire all the work put into it.
Lovely examples and great photos. Yes, the devil is in the details, trying to separate the great from the good
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Art can bring you lots of surprises when you take time to look. Great choices Ann-Christine
Thanks Ritva, I agree!
These are both amazing in their different ways and definitely reward studying and photographing the details!
Sarah, glad you liked them both!
These are fantastic Ann-Christine, I didn’t think of sculptures, what a fantastic idea, they always have lots of detail.
Thank you, Leanne, pleased that you liked them!
Amazing pieces
Thank you, glad you liked them!
The float is amazing!
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Oh wow – those dahlia floats are quite something.
Glad you liked them too! Much work and well done.
What an amazing sculpture 😳😮. Wow 👍
Splendid – made in the US, dismatled and sent to Holland. What a job to set every detail right again!
Definitely 👍
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Great examples for Patti’s challenge, Ann-Christine! Your detail on the float reminded me of the times when I was a young man attending the Rose Parade in Pasadena on New Year’s Day.
Ah, yes, they have parades in every country and many cities and villages in the world. We often go to the Tulip parades in Holland, but did not know until last year that there were Dahlia parades too.
Wow, Ann-Christine. Human creation at its best and so very different too. Fascinating, both!
I am glad you liked them, Sofia. Intriguing,
Kubic’s sculpture is quite incredible, Ann-Christine. Definitely an incentive to avoid temptation.
Wonderful details, Ann-Christine 🙂.
Thank you – So many I could not photograph them all in that sculpture…
Oh if we start doing that, even 100GB memory wouldn’t be enough 😛.
Lots of wows Ann-Christine 😀
Thank you, Brian – I could not photograph it all…
Fantastic sculpture, as you say so many wonderful details
Astonishing, yes. He made it in the US, dismatled it and sent it here. I wonder if they got all the details in their right place…
Detail is important in almost everything, even a chunk of pixel matters.
That float made of flowers is amazing and a very interesting sculpture.
Thank you – it was an amazing day! The sculpture was made in the US, dismantled and sent, and then put together in this garden.
Nice!
Ann-Christine, the sculpture is absolutely fascinating. I can easily understand someone going back every year to see what changed. And the flowers, how in the world do they keep looking fresh a second day? It’s all amazing to my mind.
Yes, about the flowers I don’t understand really, I don’t understand Dutch that much and could not find someone explaining in English. That sculpture was made, dismantled and sent from the US and then put together again in Holland. To get things right…?
It must involve a lot of work — and chemicals.
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