#FotoVorschlag 'Hilfsmittel // Aids, tools'

"Wenn ich das jetzt nicht machen würde, kracht der ganz Bums hier doch zusammen!"
(Atlas, die Decke abstützend.)

// “If I weren’t here, the whole house would collapse!”
(Atlas, propping up the ceiling.)

📍 #Aachen
#Atlantid #Sculpture #Urban #Architecture #Photography #ArchitecturePhotography

#FotoVorschlag
'Dinge die mit "A" beginnen oder so aussehen' // 'Things that start with "A" or resemble an "A" '

Atlant... Arm... Achselschweiß... Atlas... Armpit...

The #Atlas or #Atlant is an architectural support. In #GreekMythology Atlas was a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the #Titanomachy.

Edited: Muscleguy's "open-air gym" is not in Locarno, but in📍 #Lugano!
#Sculpture #Atlantid #Travel #ArchitecturePhotography #Architecture #Mythology #Photography

I love the wonderfully expressive crouching Atlantids carved by George Frampton on J.J. Burnet's 1890s Banking Hall on Ingram Street in Glasgow.

#glasgow #sculpture #architecture #glasgowarchitecture #glasgowbuildings #designdetail #atlantid #atlas #architecturephotography

Stewart and McDonald, standing guard at the entrance to 146 Argyle Street, Glasgow for the last 122 years. They were sculpted by William Vickars and were installed in 1903.

#glasgow #sculpture #atlantid #atlas #architecture #argylestreet #glasgowarchitecture #architecturalsculpture #architecturephotography

A wonderfully expressive crouching Atlantid carved by George Frampton on J.J. Burnet's 1890s Banking Hall on Ingram Street in Glasgow.

#glasgow #sculpture #architecture #glasgowarchitecture #glasgowbuildings #designdetail #atlantid #atlas

Stewart and McDonald, Argyle Street, Glasgow.

#glasgow #sculpture #atlantid #atlas #architecture #argylestreet #glasgowarchitecture #architecturalsculpture

A wonderfully expressive crouching Atlantid carved by George Frampton on J.J. Burnet's 1890s Banking Hall on Ingram Street in Glasgow. This poor fellow really looks like he's got the whole weight of the building on his shoulders.

#glasgow #sculpture #architecture #glasgowarchitecture #glasgowbuildings #designdetail #atlantid #atlas