In some of the old cities of northern and eastern Europe, grand townhouses as well as otherwise modest homes are embellished with elaborate Baroque gables. These photographs, based on buildings in Poland, Holland and Germany, bring the viewer's attention to the "space between" and the ways in which the architectural scrollwork frames and shapes the sky.
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, Wroclaw, Poland](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1400,1400,1600,1400/0-0-0/c6da2512-9356-40aa-a435-9c441344f533/1/1/590+to+595+crp+2+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=150d7a4b669ae3b0db11b72b1612891f4fd44513f6e8f4412d2b6bc618fb7774)
Wroclaw 1
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, Wroclaw, Poland](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/3df11216-c705-436f-98db-c2827c3d965a/1/1/594+gr+or+crp+1+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Wroclaw 2
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, Wroclaw, Poland](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1400,1400,1600,1400/0-0-0/e035800d-16e9-47d9-890d-1246a6bb8eaa/1/1/596+color+CROP+3+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=150d7a4b669ae3b0db11b72b1612891f4fd44513f6e8f4412d2b6bc618fb7774)
Wroclaw 3
![Large cloud seen between adjacent Baroque gables, Wroclaw, Poland](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1600,1600,1600,1600/0-0-0/5be8d4c1-c8fa-4763-920b-c0db54edef4a/1/1/606+yel+red+crp+revised+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=10582a850f431d49de3299c7cead3b91ace06f932f3994841bd1630e2d15a57c)
Wroclaw 4
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, Wroclaw, Poland](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/78c09b5b-d44c-4227-bd73-2370bdac5ccd/1/1/615+616+orange+green+straight+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Wroclaw 5
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, Wroclaw, Poland](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1400,1400,1600,1400/0-0-0/907f5182-cf38-4a76-a5a6-d2f5d2998343/1/1/617+618+bei+or+revised+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=150d7a4b669ae3b0db11b72b1612891f4fd44513f6e8f4412d2b6bc618fb7774)
Wroclaw 6
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1500,976,1500,1200/0-0-0/9b2c9dec-a8ae-4a18-ba30-55f86bd6b670/1/1/5330+and+5289%2C+9+and+7+WIP+ruf+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=38d6e5f3e941087ec4598e0ddcd37f455623b283a42515b8e9417b453d1fb5eb)
Holland 1
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1333,1333,1600,1333/0-0-0/2b6af62e-584a-4496-9c06-d3cb3b834a7f/1/1/5763+and+5805+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=5aecc330821c9b8aea8de3bb78ca48a2a3bd18d0e0bdb6d9f5adc682482d0a13)
Holland 2
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/4cfa4716-8150-43ea-8257-775ff230b462/1/1/5764+and+5825+gradient+1+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Holland 3
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/629f6d79-e229-4180-be13-63242447521e/1/1/5767+and+5779+var+1+chromatic+sky+PRINT+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Holland 4
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/6c367cc7-14bb-4ca9-b29a-83048c301fec/1/1/5767+and+5779+var+2+chromatic+sky+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Holland 5
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/2660a1be-e284-4e9b-a293-194667091ea9/1/1/5767+and+5779+var+3+chromatic+sky+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Holland 6
![Clouds seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/c8ea1146-0b12-42ed-ac37-93a31648027a/1/1/5774+and+5770+var+2+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Holland 7
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1376,1376,1600,1376/0-0-0/056ed825-b9b4-42fe-8e95-3e2f4f2a53f7/1/1/5808+and+5765+cropped+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=202b168b6b22666ffcda053251b64067ea8b008da7f7758d324be535e62f2d62)
Holland 8
![Clouds seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/f192ac3f-b183-4111-a6e8-a98e8e776ed0/1/1/5815%2C+13+and+5851%2C+lite+sky+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Holland 9
![Cloud seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/673fa345-3cfa-4403-b50d-1be67b8415ca/1/1/5839+and+5756+adj+NN+2017+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Holland 10
![Graduated sky and cloud seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/cce70b20-9a8f-4b3e-a12b-e1c4e53fa099/1/1/5843+and+5816+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Holland 11
![Graduated sky and cloud seen between adjacent Baroque gables, near Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1300,1300,1600,1300/0-0-0/7c6bab02-f030-4121-b7ed-f70f599a0d34/1/1/5851+and+5761+color+var+2+cropd+rev+2017+NN+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=184b9d35c606ecedaeb76d336c925b258c6a98b67ea5ef9666797435941f0a80)
Holland 12
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, Amsterdam](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1515,1515,1600,1515/0-0-0/a10d0e62-0840-4aa4-a31a-f98e5a4be8af/1/1/5904+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611282~hmac=8bbc65c619409502665d236bcef67ff7c4c929b302004ad0db5ae9a0a26ed92d)
Holland 13
![Graduated sky seen between adjacent Baroque gables, Koblenz, Germany](https://format.creatorcdn.com/0e33ef5b-5bb1-40b6-ae27-e4a6706dd127/0/0/0/0,0,1400,1246,1400,1200/0-0-0/36149268-9b14-4e57-97fe-551f0fddb2ae/1/1/7533-4+Koblenz+gable+1+copy.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037611283~hmac=ecd4195f8f90eb332a597d68cc33b6587fa3d10fa5f440633e96024b8a5e3bb1)
Koblenz, Germany