David Stephenson: Domes: 1993 - 2005
With poetic symmetry the Domes series considers analogous ideas. It is a body of work which has been ongoing since 1993 and now numbers several hundred images of domes in countries including Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, England, Germany and Russia. The typological character of the series reveals the shifting history in architectural design, geometry and space across cultures and time, demonstrating how humankind has continually sought meaning by building ornate structures which reference a sacred realm.2 Stephenson photographs the oculus – the eye in the centre of each cupola. Regardless of religion, time or place, this entry to the heavens – each with unique architectural and decorative surround – is presented as an immaculate and enduring image. Placed together, the photographs impart the infinite variations of a single obsession, while also charting the passage of history, and time immemorial.
2. Hammond, V. 2005, “The dome in European architecture,” in Stephenson, D. 2005, Visions of heaven: the dome in European architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, New York p. 190.
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David Stephenson24909 Benedictine Monastery, Ettal, Germany, renovated 1709-45Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson26507 Parish Church, Villa Pasquali, Italy, 1765-1774Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson25008 Jesuitenkirche, Innsbruck, Austria, 1627-1640Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson26104 San Tommaso da Villanova, Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Italy, 1658-1661Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson26108 Santa Maria della Consolazione, Todi, Italy, 1508-1607Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson26807 Chapel of the Visitation (Sanctuary of Valinotto) near Carignano, Italy, 1738-1739Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson27101 Basilica di Superga, Turin, Italy, 1717-31archival pigment ink print73.5 x 73.5 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson27909 Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, 1550-57Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson27912 BlueMosque_IstanbulLimited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson31202 St. Bernard's Chapel, Cistercian Monastery, Plasy, Czech Republic, 1711-1728Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson30705 New Synagogue, Szeged, Hungary, 1900-1903Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson31408 Chapel of St. Jan Nepomuk, Zelena Hora, Zd'ar nad Sazavou, Czech Republic, 1719-1722Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson30805 Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Krakow, Poland, 1605-1609Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson32906 KolomenskoeLimited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson32708 Cathedral of the Assumption, Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius, Sergiev Posad, Russia, 1559-85Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson32609 Cathedral of the Assumption, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, 1475-79Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson33603 Kirche Maria vom Siege (Mary of Victory), Vienna, Austria, 1868-1875Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson42109 Santa Engracia (National Pantheon), Lisbon, Portugal, 1682-1966.Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson40801 Monesterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, El Escorial, Spain, 1563-1584Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David StephensonSan Lorenzo, Turin, Italy, 1668-87Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David StephensonSant'Andrea delle Valle, Rome, Italy, 1608-1625Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson9609 San Bernardo alle Terme, Rome, Italy, c. 1603Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson8110 Santa Maria di Carignano, Genoa, Italy, 1549-1572Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson10907 Duomo Nuovo, Brescia, Italy, begun 1604, dome completed 1825Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson7004 Madonna degli Angeli, Turin, Italy, begun 1665, dome 1901archival pigment ink print73.5 x 73.5 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson9604 Duomo, Como, Italy, dome 1688Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson20106 Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, Rome, Italy, 1642-1650Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson11105 Duomo, Padua, Italy, remodelled 1552Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson20702 Pantheon, Rome, Italy, c117-138Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson21004 Pantheon (night), Rome, Italy, c117-138Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson22302 Sala de los Abencerrajes, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, c. 1333-91Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson22611 Sala de las Dos Hermanas, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1334-54Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson21704 Salon des Embajadores, Alcázar, Seville, Spain, c. 1427Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson22810 Catedral, Burgos, Spain, begun 1221, crossing tower 1567Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson22904 Capilla Condestable, Catedral, Burgos, Spain, 1482-94Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson23209 Temple Church, London, England, concecrated 1185, rebuilt 20CLimited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson23704 Val-du-Grace, Paris, France, 1645-1710Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson24307 Stift Haug, Wurzburg, Germany, 1670-1691Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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David Stephenson23211 St Philip, London, 1878 - 96Limited edition colour photographic printSmall size: 56 x 56 cm (image size)
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