GEORGIAN DOORS IN DUBLIN AS PORTALS TO ETERNITY

                                                          Film made by Victor Dragomiretchi,

                                           and commissioned by the English Language Institute, Dublin.

                                                                             

Georgian Doorway, Dublin

 

Resplendent arch, above your doorway,

Palladio’s oyster shells, Georgian fanlights,

Both evoking Venus and her Roman ways;

The love goddess signaled above your doorway.

 

And above her, in some of these portals,

As an added element, the triangular

Pediment, sitting atop, crowning the arch,

To evoke masonic elements, and ancient Egypt!

 

Gracefully then, on both sides of her,

Twin columns in typically Ionic fashion,

A nod to Odysseus and ancient Greece.

 

And there you have it, three architectural motifs

To indicate three ancient civilizations.

Now, you can open the door, and return home.