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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Wordless Wednesday - Bronze horse tamer (Rossbändiger)

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These were captured at the Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna.

Wordless Wednesday

27 comments:

  1. great pics, especially the middle one..
    but if I were taming horse, I would put some pants on first.
    and shoes. ;-)

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  2. This is a wonderful sculpture. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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  3. I like the composition and angle of the second shot !

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  4. it amazes me how life like some bronze & sculptures are. I would be a bit frightened standing under the horse as large as they are!

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  5. I love that part of Vienna. There are many beautiful things there, like these statues.

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  6. Fantastic photos i especially like the last one showing all the other statues and the buildings :-).

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  7. Is he socking that horse in the jaw??? hmmm ...I'd be more likely to try sugar cubes apples and carrots and win the horses affection than fight it. It's bigger than me :)

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  8. Amazing photos my friend !!!
    Sorry, I will not visit your blog as the end of April, because I will travel.
    Happy Easter
    Greetings

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  9. I love the first photo so much with that leafless tree trunks.

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  10. Great pieces of historic art, which you have perfectly captured.

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  11. Great pics! Vienna is on my "places to visit" list... I've only ever been to Salzburg in Austria.

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  12. Great shots you made, and the statue is marvelous.

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  13. Good captures, indeed. You managed to keep most of the people and distractions out. That's a major accomplishment.

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  14. Love your pictures!! Following you now. Happy WW!
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  15. I would love to see this in person. Vienna is one place I would love to visit.

    Have a terrific WW. :)

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  16. Beautiful photos !!! On the ramp to the Vienna parliament, there are four bronze horse-tamers (Rossebändiger). They symbolize the mastery of the passions - a prerequisite for higher-level parliamentary system.
    Happy WW! Greetings from Augsburg- Germany :)

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  17. Lovely! hey, why the kibbutz on other languages?

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  18. Looks like 3 or 4 of the same statues in the exterior of this building. Horse tamers must have been an important job here sometime in history.

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  19. Beautiful monuments. I especially like the angle of the middle image.

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  20. the angle and composition are great
    congrats



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    congrats
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