El Museo del Oro, a photo from Bogota, North

Photographer's Note

�Bogot� - El Museo del Oro�

As mentioned before, at the end of my journey through Colombia I regretted not to have seen more of the ancient civilizations.
Some very interesting pre-Columbian sites are located in the south of the country. For instance near San Agustin and Tierradentro. But Colombia is a very huge country and it痴 not possible to go everywhere in 24 days ...
Another famous site is Ciudad Perdida in the north. But the trek to these ruins isn稚 easy for an older guy like me. Honestly it痴 very difficult with the hot and humid climate near the Caribbean Sea.

Which is easy for everyone, of course, is a visit of the Museo del Oro (Museum of Gold) in the historic centre of Bogot�.

The museum displays a selection of pre-Columbian gold and other metal alloys.
Also pottery, stone, shell, wood and textile archaeological objects are displayed.
All together the museum has a collection of 55.000 pieces of which 6.000 pieces are on display.

The main room is called 善eople and Gold in pre-Hispanic Colombia�.
In glass cases it displays the goldsmith work of the different cultures which inhabited Colombia before the Spanish arrived.
The room is divided into different halls for every culture: Calima, Quimbaya, Muisca, Zen�, Tierradentro, San Agust匤, Tolima, Tairona and Urab�.

You should definitely not forget to visit this Museo del Oro. Remember that it receives around 500.000 visitors per year. However, in every hall I had enough time and space to view and photograph the objects.

Data and figures from Wikipedia.

Archeologists have traced 15.000 years of history on the high plains, the mountain slopes and in the inter-Andean valleys of the Eastern Cordillera.
For 10.000 years groups of humans lived by hunting.
About 5.000 years ago they gradually changed their means of subsistance and took up agriculture and pottery.
After the Spanish arrived in 1536 these civilizations perished.

Information from the Museo del Oro.

mcmtanyel, pajaran, papagolf21, holmertz, ikeharel, jhm, Fis2, rychem, COSTANTINO, ChrisJ, Royaldevon, Cricri, fritzi007 has marked this note useful

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mcmtanyel (69255) 2017-07-02 21:26

Hello Paul,
I love this work of art you are showing us. I am a bit puzzled about how it looks suspended in the air. If you eliminated shadows and other distractions, congratulations on your post-processing. If not, the museum need to be congratulated on an excellent display.
Regards,
MT

jemaflor (148260) 2017-07-02 23:26

Salut Paul,
Belle mise en valeur avec cette pi鐵e de mus馥 id饌lement pr駸ent馥, parfaite luminosit� et bonne nettet�, interessante satuette pr�-Colombienne.

emka (158860) 2017-07-02 23:44

Hello Paul, You were quite long time in Colombia- 24 days. But one must make choices what to see. Probably I would first go to San Agustin. The Gold Museum is very famous. Excellent presentation of this figure. I visited similar museums in Lima and in La Paz. They were fascinating.

Kind regrad s Malgo

papagolf21 (152607) 2017-07-03 0:36

Bonjour, cher Paul,
La visite de ce mus馥 a d� tr鑚 enrichissante, et il semble bien difficile de tout voir et de tout admirer tant le nombre de pi鐵es � contempler est important.
Tr鑚 bonne prise de vue de cette statue aux formes 騁onnantes.
Sujet passionnant.
Amiti駸.
Philippe

holmertz (103642) 2017-07-03 1:21

Hello Paul,
As you probably know I love photos that include people, and here I get close views of persons in all three photos. It doesn't matter that they are hand made. They are all beautiful artistic items, well presented by the museum, and by you. Seeing objects like these, so old and so beautifully made, is always totally mind-blowing.
Kind regards,
Gert

Nicou (193814) 2017-07-03 1:57

Hello

Quelle d馗ouverte et image quelle vue fantastique avec ces petit pieds et les orteils quelle t黎e superbe rendu et image.
Bravo et amiti�
Nicou

Silvio1953 (222959) 2017-07-03 2:46

Ciao Paul, great capture of fantastic statue, fine details and splendid sharpness, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

jhm (211738) 2017-07-03 3:57

Dag Paul,

Het beeldje is mooi gefotografeerd, zeker met de mooi afgelijnde achtergrond.
Scherpte en helderheid zijn van hoog kwaliteit.
Ook de beide WS foto's zijn zeker niet slecht.
Mooi foto werk, bedankt.

Groeten uit een druppelend Vlaanderen,
John

Sergiom (117241) 2017-07-03 5:57

Bonjour Paul,

J'aime beaucoup comment on a l'impression que cette petite statue typique de la r馮ion tient dans une certaine sorte de gravitation. Cadrage tr鑚 soign�.

Amicalement

Serge

Tue (93458) 2017-07-03 12:14

Hallo Paul,
Prachtige close-up foto van dit eeuwenoude beeldje. Technisch is de foto uitstekend, goede scherpte en lichtval, zodat elk detail duidelijk te zien is. De warme gele kleuren zijn heel prettig.
Lars

Fis2 (171961) 2017-07-03 13:39

Witaj Paul!
Very interesting figure from the museum in Bogota.
Good frame and colors.
Excellent note.
Well done.
Good night.
Krzysztof

ikeharel (114629) 2017-07-03 21:32

Good morning Paul,
A piece of ancient art, maybe this gave inspiration to ET movies... just my humor, with my first thought.
Managed the mild/low light condition fairly well indoor's.
Wish you a nice new day,
Ike

rychem (72187) 2017-07-04 8:27

Excellent presentation of this exhibit, very interesting note and the photo is a good illustration
regards Ryszard

pajaran (117077) 2017-07-04 11:43

Dobro vece.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici, lepo pokazani eksponati u muzeju, dobar kontrast i ostrina, lepe boje. Lepi eksponati u muzeju.
Prijatno vece i mirna noc, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good evening.
Nice view, interesting and good text ...
Good work with beautiful photographs in the workshop, beautifully exhibited exhibits in the museum, good contrast and sharpness, nice colors. Nice exhibits in the museum.
Pleasant evening and quiet night, all the best.

COSTANTINO (117814) 2017-07-04 12:40

Hello dear friend and have a nice time
and a happy new day
original version
great work perfectly executed
I really love thism work of art
regards
Costantino

lousat (139992) 2017-07-04 12:41

Hi Paul. It's always interesting to visit museums,especially one like that with unique and curious things to watch from the precolombian era. This is just a small but very interesting post,an excellent capture despite the difficult situation. But as i know,these aren't the prefered pics of the TE members..ehhee...thanks and have a nice evening,Luciano

ChrisJ (172436) 2017-07-04 13:54

Hello Paul

An interesting pre Columbian artifact, obviously a female figurine and made of gold. Good sharpness and tight framing and good lighting for a low level interior shot from a museum. Tfs!

Royaldevon (86480) 2017-07-04 14:30

Hello Paul,

Your notes are a great addition to the photograph.
I still find it difficult to get my head around how people discovered metal and how to work it once they had made the discovery. I suppose the many thousands of years history lay testament to how slow things developed then, as opposed to today!
This is a lovely piece of art. I love the decorative details which might suggest that these people used tattoos.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

abmdsudi (95869) 2017-07-05 7:17

Hi Paul
Some remarkably interesting exhibit in this museum! this must be a fantastic collection with depth and aged character. Light is brills and nice use of shadow. Excellent snap, Congrats

PS: Thanks for sharing your experiences..
Best wishes

sacimar (38173) 2017-07-05 11:22

Hello Paul,

I remember visiting this museum, it is an interesting one, good image of this figure, details are excellent, well done,

Best regards,

Sergio

carlo62 (81265) 2017-07-06 15:35

Ciao Paul
la provenienza del popolo ha poca importanza in confronto alla bellezza di queste antiche opere e del loro valore storico e artistico.
Ottime anche le foto, non � mai facile fotografare nei musei.
Saluti
Carlo

gervaso (28435) 2017-07-07 8:47

Hello, Paul!

Very nice presentation of this sculpture, captured with perfect light and sharpness! The note about the museum is also excellent! I didn't go to Bogot� when I went to Colombia, so I didn't have the opportunity to visit this interesting museum. Was that hanging on the wall?

Cricri (176) 2017-07-07 23:18

Bonjour Paul
Int駻essante visite dans ce mus馥 aux statue particuli鑽e, deux belles images aussi en WS, bon cadrage et lumi鑽e
Belle journ馥
cricri

kim_gwan (1142) 2017-07-08 9:02

Hi Paul,

Fabulous attempt to snap pic of historical sculpture, well done

Excellent details and nice craftsmanship

Superb narration on it

Cheers
Ralf

fritzi007 (14698) 2017-07-08 12:57

Hello Paul,
Super sculpture from the Museum of Gold from the pre-Columbian period, a pity about this civilization, very good report, well done!
Best regards
wolfgang

mkamionka (75139) 2017-07-11 11:04

Hi Paul,
very interesting artifact. I like watching products of ancient civilizations, sadly my daughter does not share the interest. In the UK many museums have sections for children which is really great but then children rarely want to leave those sections...

This is so well photographed it feels as if it was floating in the air. Quite unique and characteristic.

24 days! I haven't been in such a long trip ever...
Fantastic!
M

LuisGustavoLima (5184) 2017-08-13 5:45

Ol�, Paul!

Este artefato � muito bonito e interessante para se fotografar. Seu formato � legal e essas linhas em seu corpo d縊 um charme a ele. Nitidez e luz sensacionais!
Belo trabalho!

danos (110407) 2017-09-06 14:28

Hello Paul,
Nice the view of the gold statue of the woman as the others in the WS.Your informative note completes perfect the history of the Museum of gold.

Regards,Danos

jmdias (116511) 2017-09-30 1:42

paul

this was one of the best museums I visited around the world, and I knew many.marvelous this old small idol. a photo with a good quality and we can enjoy the beauty of the culture that created it.nice job.

hugs

jorge