The Sacred Realm "Bahai Temple"

        The Bahai Temple is here in the north side of Chicago. I  think that Bahai Temple will be in the theme "The Sacred Realm." 

Is a temple and it serve a bahai religion. Is not exactly a religion because is for all people and is open to all the public. This place is reserved for worship this means that is open to all religious and just one is putting together. Here doesn't matter if you are catholic, islamic etc...  is to put together the people. With just one idea "one god". The First Bahai temple was made in iran for Mirza Husayn'Ali (1817-1892) an arabic person that was called "The glory of God"  There are just 9 temples in all over the world and this one in chicago is considered the one most important. It have 9 entrance and all entrance are the principal. it have  9 gardens too, 9 windows all is made with 9. 

 The symbol showed on the picture is on the top of the temple and is the representation of a sentence in Arab that means or entirely glorious glory. And is the most important symbol in the temple. 

In the tracery of the towers are intertwined all religious symbols from the past, showing every religious person "Welcome to this temple exemplifies the universal brotherhood."

I think that the Bahai Temple match the theme "The Sacred Realm" because was made for rituals of worship and was for prayer someone. And at that years they really don't know that will be a famous architectural temple. 

Michelangelo

Tower of Pisa

            Well, my story in an architectural experience is not good. I traveled like 4 hours to get to the city to see the famous Tower of Pisa and i was so anxious to see it. When i arrived to the city i needed to walk because you cannot enter in car. I walked like 15 min and when i saw the first expression was like ok is kind of tall is inclined, but this it I took a picture an i walked for see it more closed it. The truth is that was so unsatisfied because i imagined something tall and big. However, i gave a second chance and i entered well, it was just a lot of small thinning escalators you just go up in a small size in the top was nothing and the view was horrible. The architecture inside was almost falling down. Well, it nice because is inclined, but after i go down to the tower i just said lets go to shopping. The tower of pisa is so famous, but for me is not so awesome like the people said. 

     

Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral Paris

          The artwork I choose is called "Notre Dame Cathedral" and is a cathedral in France. I really do not know who made it, but searching in the web the only thing i found it was that Bishop Maurice de Sully ordered to made it. However, many people were involved in the construction because the time passed and each person made remodeling. Well, why i liked? I only heard about the cathedral in a disney movie, but i really do not about the story. Well, i went to Paris and i saw a lot of art paintings, sculptures, architecture etc.. but the art that most attracts me was the cathedral, it is amazing. At the first looking you say, wow and after you know all the story and how is made is more wow. Well, is a cathedral it was suppose that was made it for catholic purposes, but i like it because it have a really good architecture. First, the front have too many small sculptures that each one have the own history. In the above picture is on the back of me the small sculptures it can't really see it very well. Second, inside of the cathedral have like a big mirrors that are amazing. i can't really tell you all the story because is a lot. I was reading in a web page the story of it and is kind of different one that in France told me. One interesting fact that made me love more it was that when France was in world war two almost all France disappear i mean that almost everything was destroyed. However, the Notre Dame Cathedral wasn't destroyed because the construction of the cathedral have a big mirrors for walls and is just destroyed the mirrors and it are the walls, that means that they just put mirrors again and is good again. Well, they told me too that, most people see it because the architecture not for catholics reasons. The walls are so unique too, because it have some things that made the sound of the orchestra unique. I really recommend you to learn about it because is amazing   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_de_Paris

http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/spip.php?rubrique71

This two links are about interesting facts about the Cathedral.