Mysteries in the Louvre
August 26th, 2006
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May be you read Dan Brown’s novel, the Da Vinci Code. The beginning takes place in the Louvre where Silas, a monk devotee of the Catholic organization Opus Dei, kills Jacques Saunière, the curator of the Louvre. This statue, on the Richelieu aisle, reminds me of this character. It seems to keep an eye on the secret lying under the Louvre’s courtyard. By the way, the Paris’s meridian, known as the Rose line in the book, has its origin in the Paris Observatory. But infortunately, as you can verify here, this imaginary line cross the Louvre a few yards on the east side. The line doesn’t even cross Saint Sulpice’s church. |
4 Comments Add your own
1. Gérard Lavalette | August 26th, 2006 at 10:38 am
I adore really the environment of this photograph.
2. Tomate Farcie | September 27th, 2006 at 1:03 am
On ne sait pas quoi dire quand on voit une photo comme ça. La composition, c’est tout simplement magnifique!!
3. Paris Girl | March 5th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Eh oui, les mots nous manquent. Vive la photographie pour augmenter notre vocabulaire.
4. TIN | June 19th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Indeed, the statue is so mysterious by the angle from where the photo was taken. Congratulations for the artistic point of view and for the quality of your whole piece.
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