FIELD NOTES / BLR / Eastern Europe
Belarus
Layered castle forms & repeated rebuilding.
START WITH A PLACE
Mir Castle Complex
Mir Castle’s present form records Gothic origins, later Renaissance and Baroque changes, damage and restoration. Its architecture is an accumulation of interventions rather than a single stylistic moment.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in units and repetition.
Compare the outlines of towers, openings and later additions. Use visible differences to read successive building campaigns without forcing them into one style.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Slip white#eee9dfoklch(0.935 0.014 84.584)
Clay body#c6a389oklch(0.740 0.055 58.377)
Fired earth#a0543eoklch(0.532 0.106 36.996)
Glaze blue#487580oklch(0.534 0.052 214.983)
Kiln ink#302d31oklch(0.302 0.008 317.719)