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Sundial frescoed on the church of Segrate, in
Sundial frescoed on the church of Segrate, in Lavanderie (MI). The sundial was commissioned on the south-east facing facade, facing the little fields frequented by the oratory.
Sundials have always been made on churches, monasteries and other religious buildings, they marked the times for the liturgies and at the same time
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Sundial made on the wall. dial is designed
Sundial made on the wall. dial is designed in a classic style with a symbolic sun in the center. On the painted frame there is a blue ribbon on which one of the most famous quotations of modern physics is written: time does not exist, by A. Einstein, but written
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Sundial on steel panel, made on a sheet
Sundial on steel panel, made on a sheet of cor-ten steel, using a numerically controlled laser cutting machine.
In this particular sundial all the hour lines have been drawn as lemniscates (they appear as many elongated eights), which take into account both the equation of mean time and the constant difference
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Sundial frescoed in a niche carved into the
Sundial frescoed in a niche carved into the wall. The dial was conceived as if it were a window to the sky, with a frame bearing the numbering of the hours, beyond which the clouds and the sky can be seen. The colors of the fresco recall the same colors
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Sundial painted on rough concrete wall. The sundial
Sundial painted on rough concrete wall. The sundial by means of the shadow of the golden sphere placed on top of the orthogonal gnomon marks the true local time and astronomical calendar.
Frescoed dial with the appearance of two superimposed cartouches, on which a blue ribbon waving with the verses freely
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Sundial with fruit, painted as decoration. The various
Sundial with fruit, painted as decoration. The various fruits were painted to celebrate the cyclical nature of the seasons in the Emilian countryside, from the first strawberries in spring to the fruits of summer and autumn, ending with walnuts, usually consumed in winter.
The dial of the sundial painted with fruit,
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Vertical sundial, sundial frescoed in such a way
Vertical sundial, sundial frescoed in such a way as to simulate a richly decorated window through which you can see a landscape, in whose sky there is a diagram of a sundial, on which the shadow of the golden sphere placed on top of the gnomon marks the hours, solstices,
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Sundial with birthdays, that is, a sundial with
Sundial with birthdays, that is, a sundial with hyperbolic lines that reproduce on the dial the arcs traveled by the sun in the sky on those given days. In such a way that the sun itself reminds us, through the shadow of the gnomon, of the birthdays of the people
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Sundial in whose dial the group of the
Sundial in whose dial the group of the Grigne at sunset has been painted. The hour lines are only hinted at on the lower edge in order not to spoil the scenographic landscape.
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An upside-down sundial, i.e. a sundial designed for
An upside-down sundial, i.e. a sundial designed for a wall facing practically north. A decidedly unusual position.
During the renovation of an Art Nouveau villa, the choice to make a sundial inevitably fell on the only façade without windows, which also ensured that the work could be seen from the street
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Dial shows :
Winter solstice and summer solstice.
Equinoctial line.
Real
Dial shows :
Winter solstice and summer solstice.
Equinoctial line.
Real local time.
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