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Monthly Archives: September 2014
Paris 2014: The Neighborhood Cinema
It was one of those rainy days in Paris and we decided to walk around the neighborhood and visit a couple of the local Catholic churches, Saint-Sulpice and Saint-Germain. Walking home via Boulevard Saint-Germain, we passed by the local movie … Continue reading
Paris 2014: Returning to the Louvre for Monochrome Madness 30
I have decided to return to the photos I took at the Louvre last May to choose my entry for week #30 of Laura and Leanne’s Monochrome Madness Challenge over on Leanne’s website (Click here to see my entry for … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Travel
Tagged art photography, Fame, Guiraud Mellot, Joseph Chinard, La Renommée, Louvre museum, Monochrome Madness Challenge, Musée de Louvre, museum photography, photography, Pierre Biard, the Portal of the great consistory of Capitole de Toulouse, travel, travel photography
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Paris 2014: The Cour Marly in the Louvre’s Richelieu Wing
Most of the sculptures in the glass-roofed courtyard known as Cour Marly in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre museum come from King Louis XIV’s Chateau de Marly west of Paris. They were brought to Paris during the Revolution and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Paris, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Antoine Coysevox, Cour Marly, French sculpture, Guillaume Coustou, horses of Marly, Louvre museum, Martin Desjardins, Musée de Louvre, museum photography, Nicolas Coustou, photography, Pierre Lepautre, Richelieu Wing, travel, travel photography
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Paris 2014: One Photo Plus Two Crops Equals Three Pics
I spent most of the time on my second visit to the Louvre last May in the Richelieu Wing viewing Northern European paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries and French sculptures of the 5th through 19th centuries. The sculptures … Continue reading
Paris 2014: Our Lady and Our Two Ladies
After our Rhine River cruise a couple of years ago we visited my high school classmate George DeCat and his wife Jacqueline at their home in Nivelles, Belgium. This year they came down to spend a couple of days with … Continue reading
Paris 2014: The Photo Exhibit at Jardin du Luxembourg
I was walking along the eastern border of the Luxembourg Garden (Jardin du Luxembourg) one day near Place Edmond-Rostand and decided to stop and look closely at some of the photos that were on display on the wrought iron fence … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Travel
Tagged Blvd St Michel, Ernest Hemingway, Fields of Battle - Lands of Peace 14-18, Jardin du Luxembourg, Luxembourg Garden, Michael St. Maur Sheil, photo exhibit, photography, Place Edmond-Rostand, Rue de Medicis, Rue Soufflot, travel, travel photography, World War I
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Paris 2014: Auguste Rodin, Victor Hugo and Monochrome Madness
We visited the Place des Vosges on the border of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris last May and stopped by Maison de Victor Hugo — the House of Victor Hugo — while we were there. Victor Hugo lived … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Travel
Tagged Auguste Rodin, Maison de Victor Hugo, Monochrome Madness Challenge, Musée Rodin, photography, travel, travel photography, Victor Hugo
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Paris 2014: The Kings of Judah in the Cluny Museum
Remember those 28 kings of Judah that adorned the west facade of Notre Dame and were decapitated during the Revolution? (See my recent posting on Notre-Dame de Paris here.) Well, 21 of those 28 heads were unearthed in 1977 and … Continue reading
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