15-06-2017, 03:02 AM
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I have over 200 images of domes that I amassed in a dome-collecting orgy in March 2009. Unfortunately, I can't upload them because most of them are images from personal sites (tourist pictures) that are not in the public domain. It's also not possible to link them because many of the sites have disappeared or changed.
But I can make comments about a few of them.
As has been mentioned, the Greek Orthodox churches have many domes with the gold-star-on-blue theme. This theme shows up in other churches, but it particularly prevalent in eastern Europe.
The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. domes have some interesting themes, some of which include wheels, and four figures at each of the "corners", similar to the VMS in their positioning, and of interest is the fact that the decorative pillars holding up the upper portion of the domes almost look like pipes on the south dome and look like decorated buckets in the east dome. The central dome has a Christ figure surrounded by gold-on-blue 8-pointed stars with dots in the center. The Genesis dome is a series of panels almost like a circular series of cartoons.
The Menabuoi dome has a zodiac cycle with a crayfish-style Cancer.
A number of the domes have openings with light shining through them. Most of the radiating and flowing or spiritual flows of air or water or whatever they are in the VMS seem very water or steamlike, but if any of these wheels are inspired by domes, it's possible that sunlight or moonlight are "flowing" through or from some of them.
The Ruhobod dome, Charminar, and San Moise domes have interesting raised lines on the outside a bit reminiscent of the container-like shapes on the central rosette.
They're too recent to have inspired the VMS, but the "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.", the Moscow You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., and the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. domes (the smaller ones that are tall and narrow, the lower ones) are closer in shape to the rosette "containers" than most architectural examples. Notice that if earlier forms of this style of architecture inspired the VMS that the crosses that usually top them have been expressly removed.
I also collected many Islamic domes but they were less similar to the VMS than the ones mentioned above.
But I can make comments about a few of them.
As has been mentioned, the Greek Orthodox churches have many domes with the gold-star-on-blue theme. This theme shows up in other churches, but it particularly prevalent in eastern Europe.
The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. domes have some interesting themes, some of which include wheels, and four figures at each of the "corners", similar to the VMS in their positioning, and of interest is the fact that the decorative pillars holding up the upper portion of the domes almost look like pipes on the south dome and look like decorated buckets in the east dome. The central dome has a Christ figure surrounded by gold-on-blue 8-pointed stars with dots in the center. The Genesis dome is a series of panels almost like a circular series of cartoons.
The Menabuoi dome has a zodiac cycle with a crayfish-style Cancer.
A number of the domes have openings with light shining through them. Most of the radiating and flowing or spiritual flows of air or water or whatever they are in the VMS seem very water or steamlike, but if any of these wheels are inspired by domes, it's possible that sunlight or moonlight are "flowing" through or from some of them.
The Ruhobod dome, Charminar, and San Moise domes have interesting raised lines on the outside a bit reminiscent of the container-like shapes on the central rosette.
They're too recent to have inspired the VMS, but the "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.", the Moscow You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., and the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. domes (the smaller ones that are tall and narrow, the lower ones) are closer in shape to the rosette "containers" than most architectural examples. Notice that if earlier forms of this style of architecture inspired the VMS that the crosses that usually top them have been expressly removed.
I also collected many Islamic domes but they were less similar to the VMS than the ones mentioned above.