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Photographic Advent Calendars
These beautiful pieces are all die cut shaped calendars so that the contour of the calendar is the roof line of each building. Add to that the quality of the photograph that makes them and they become even more interesting. Top it all off with the large size most being 21 inches high and the great content of the individual images used behind the 24 little doors of the calendar itself and you have a remarkable piece of art.
I got one as gift years ago and it took me some time to locate the company in Germany that distributes to the US. It was well worth the effort as we don't carry any better advents than these.
Children like them but adults may appreciate them even more ; so don't neglect your childless friends !
With the changing value of the dollar to the euro we have had to adjust our prices.
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View of the historic famework houses of Rothenburg and the neighboring tower. Set in winter with the small calendar window images of Christmas arts and crafts.
Die cut so the calendar does not have a night sky as in photo but lifts out of it.
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Westminster Abbey in London England is the subject of this beautiful calendar.
The front facade is featured with the individual calendar windows being pictures of the stained glass.
Calendar is 21 inches high
Die cut so top of calendar follows outline of Abbey.
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A medieval half timbered house in Idstein Germany. The small calendar windows have pictures of historic Christmas Tree Ornamenaments.
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This calendar displays European masterpiecs portraying the Virgin Mary and the birth of Christ, framed in gold as exhibited in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
I have scanned an image with some of the windows open to give you a better sense of the piece.
Calendar is 21 inches wide by 15.7 inches high
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Neuschwanstein, the world famous royal castle near the Bavarian Alps.In 1886 seven weeks after the death of King Ludwig II who had it built for himself , Neuschwanstein was opened to the public. The shy king had built the castle in order to withdraw from public life ironically now vast numbers of people come to view his private refuge. Over a million people a year tour it and you probably recognized it though you may not have know its name.
Calendar windows show images of pewter figures and Christmas decorations.
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The Dresdner Frauenkirche 'Church of Our Lady' is a Lutheran church in Dresden, Germany, located on the Dresden Neumarkt.The original baroque church was built between 1726 and 1743 and was designed by Dresden's city architect George Bähr. It was destoyed in World War II and was later rebuilt so that the Baroque beauty of it is still there to see today.
Images in small calendar windows is of baroque sculptures and carved figures.
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This beautiful cathedral was built between the 13th and late 14th centuries.
The Cathedral (Il Duomo) in Siena, Italy, is a significant example of Italian Gothic architecture.
This calendar displays the marble-adorned West Facade, which was finished around 1380.
Calendar is @ 21 inches high
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St Mark's Basilica , the cathedral of Venice, is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Byzantine architecture.
The small calendar windows feature images of angels as represented in paintings and sculpture.
Calendar is 21 inches wide by 15.7 inches high
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Historic Organ in St. Martinikirche in Braunschweig, Germany.
Gothic Hall Chruch,the view is of the western choir loft with main Organ of 1630.
Photo shows the calendar with some windows open to reveal the colorful illustrations of angels playing instruments.
Makes me really want to hear such an instrument in person. It has got to be unbelieveable.
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This calendar shows the facade of the building on the street Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona Spain.
Each of the 24 windows you open has a small picture of the architectural detail.
Calendar is @ 21 inches high
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A beautiful calendar that is a true Nativity. The large photo shows a detail of the central scene that is revealed in the 4 doors that open in the center of the piece. All the other doors have supporting images that are all directed to this central manger scene.
The building is a sheep barn in reality and very appropriate to use for this artists view of the birth of Christ.
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If the canals of Venice are calling you then this advent is just what you need till you can get there in person.
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