Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
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Description The first documentary reference to Santa Maria del Mar is in a text from the year 998. The construction of the present building was promoted by the canon Bernat Llull, who was appointed archdean of Santa Maria in 1324. Construction work started on 25 March 1329, when the foundation stone was laid by king Alfons the Magnanimous, as commemorated by a tablet in Latin and Catalan on the faade that gives onto the Fossar de les Moreres. This basilica is the work of the architects Berenguer de Montagut and Ramon Despuig. The first stone was laid to commemorate the conquest of Sardinia, which completed the Catalan domination in the Mediterranean initiated ten years earlier with the conquest of Mallorca, and which reached its fullest extent with the entry of Sicily and Greece into the domains of the House of Barcelona. The walls, the side chapels and the faades were finished by 1350. In 1379 there was a fire that damaged important parts of the works. On the 3rd of November 1383 the last stone was added and on 15th of August 1384 the first mass was celebrated. On the 19th of July 1936 angry mobs set fire to the basilica which burned for eleven days straight, destroying the Baroque Altar, all the images, the organ, and a large part of the archives. Only the walls and columns were left standing.
Vicenc Feliu, Villanova, PA Member Since August 2008 Artist Statement I began my involvement with photography using my father's Kodak Brownie 2 Box Camera when I was a child. While my first attempts were not very successful, the bug caught and I have been dabbling ever since. When I reached High School age, I took my first course in photography from Mr. Freeman at Anaheim High and there I began learning the mechanics and the artistry of photography. That was my first experience with a SLR and with working in the darkroom. The biggest change in my photography addiction came about with the advent of digital. I quickly realized that, with digital, we amateurs could get out and shoot as much as the pros did and be able to improve our game. After all, practice makes perfect. I got my first digital camera as soon as I was able and I have never looked back since. Not that I have forgotten about film. I'm still shooting on film and love to experiment with different formats.