Hi Claude: I don't think they touched the sundial or the human figures at all when they painted the building. All the photos of it taken before they painted the building show that the flesh color has always been grey. You can see this more clearly in the following photo taken in 2004:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cadran_solaire_Wilan%C3%B3w_01_AB.jpg John -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Claude Hartman Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:50 AM To: Sundial List Subject: Re: The Royal Palace of Wilanow Paint Job Something about the colors seem wrong! Can you really believe that they changed the flesh tones to Grey?? Claude Hartman mostly sunny 35N 120W John Carmichael wrote: > > HI Dialists: > > I know most of you have seen photos of the magnificent multiple wall > dial at The Royal Palace of Wilanow, Warsaw Poland. The photos you > have seen of it show it after its 1995 restoration. The last photo I > saw of it was taken in early 2009 and it was covered in scaffolding > undergoing a building painting. I have just found a new photo of it > showing it after the 2009 paint job. > > Look what they did to the building!!! All the trim is painted bright > yellow. It appears the sundial is untouched, but the look of the > building has been changed significantly. I'm not sure if I like the > new look. Do you think the bright yellow detracts from the sundial or > enhances it? > > Photo after 1995 restoration takjen in 2006: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Warsaw_Wilanow_Palace_sundial.jpg > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Warsaw_Wilanow_Palace_sundial.jpg%2 0> > > Photo after 2008 restoration taken in 2009: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/15068...@n00/3324081932/?addedcomment=1#comment 72157618562066329 > > John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
