The postcards above are both ones I've bought but I've never been able to part with them. They show some of the beautiful frescos that can be found painted in many churches, particularly in central France. The top is a small church in the village of Gargilesse where George Sand, the French author, had a small house. The lower shows the ceiling of the nave in the abbey church at St Savin sur Gartempe, deservedly on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The frescos were painted during the 12th century.
Last summer, La Poste in France published a booklet of stamps to commemorate Romanesque art such as these examples. I bought the booklet and used some of the stamps on similar postcards but, as with the cards, I couldn't bring myself to part with several of them.
These stamps are the remains of the booklet, still sitting in my drawer.
Those are nice cards and stamps. I wish I knew more about Romanesque art.
ReplyDeleteWow! These are beautiful stamps and cards. Lucky of r us the frescos and other art have survived almost 1000 years.
ReplyDeleteGreat postcards and stamps. The abbey church at St Savin is remarkable.
ReplyDeleteI can easily see why you have held onto them. Amazing art.
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Like Odie, I can understand not wanting to send those stamps! They are beautiful. The architectural detail is amazing. The US is so relatively young, we just don't get to see things like that here.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't use them either. Great stamps.
ReplyDeleteGreat stamps, rich historical references...
ReplyDeleteI scan non-duplicate items that I send away, to some partner/friend somewhere in the world.
At least I keep the image. :)
Did your son bring any philatelic item from Antarctica? Some postcards? Some of his photos could be postcardized, or even made into stamps at zazzle, for example. :)
ReplyDeleteI am about to send mail to some Antarctic stations.
I don't blame your for not letting go of these beautiful stamps. I myself would hesitate to part with them - it's the closest thing to seeing these great art works in person.
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Anybody in the world can DESIGN zazzle stamps and many other products, free of charge.
ReplyDeleteThen you can put them on your Public Gallery, for zazzle to sell them.
You will receive royalties for what sells, if at all. Typically you get $2 per set of 20 large stamps, if you set the royalty level at the recommended optimum level of 19.9%.
It's so hard to capture the beauty of art like this in a picture, yet these pictures are very beautiful. Makes me think the originals must be breathtaking.
ReplyDeleteThe abbey at St Savin sur Gartempe is phenomenal. The colors and artistry are certainly reminiscent of the Sistine Chapel.
ReplyDeleteThese are just beautiful. I was reading the post about Zazzle. I've actually had stamps of my photography made for friends and they just love them.
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