A Colorful History
by Marcia Lee Jones
Title
A Colorful History
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Movable barrier installed in the entry of a room or building to restrict access or provide visual privacy. Early doors were hides or textiles. With monumental architecture came pivoting doors of rigid, permanent materials; important chambers often had stone or bronze doors. Pompeiian doors looked much like modern wooden doors; they were constructed of stiles (vertical planks) and rails (horizontal planks) fastened together to support panels and occasionally equipped with locks and hinges. The typical Western medieval door was of vertical planks backed with horizontal or diagonal bracing. In the 20th century, a single, hollow-core panel door became most common. Other types include the revolving door, folding door, sliding door (inspired by the Japanese shoji), rolling door, and Dutch door (divided horizontally so that the lower or upper part can be opened separately).
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Comments (29)
Maggie Terlecki
Isn't it amazing how something as simple as a dilapidated old door can look so incredible when we stop to actually look at it. I love the different interpretations a door can hold as you say in your description; it can restrict access but also, we can see it as a way for something to cocoon themselves away to feel safe, it can be an escape to the outside, or an escape within ourselves. Interesting and quite lovely to look at too!
Toni Abdnour
I am enthralled by your collection of doors, especially this one! Love the painted feeling that you treated this door. Makes me want to know what is inside. A favorite!
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