The palmtree of Saint Severin
4 comments October 29th, 2006
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4 comments October 29th, 2006
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A lot of things changed since Marie de Medicis decided to create this avenue just to give her a perspective view from her windows of the Louvre. This shot was taken during the nuit blanche (october, 7th ). That’s why one of the “Chevaux de Marly” is dressed in blue. |
4 comments October 22nd, 2006
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The Châtelet is a well known theater in the center of Paris. Build in the the middle of the 19th century, it was early dedicated to a special kind of entertainment called “opérette“. Famous choregraphers like Diaghilev or dancers like Nijinsky or Anna Pavlova helped to build a reputation of creativity for this place. Musicians like Stravinsky, Malher, Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Debussy came to lead their own creations during the early 20th century. The inside roof was decorated on a dark red basis. |
1 comment October 15th, 2006
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This year, for the “Nuit blanche”, the obelisque of the Place de la Concorde was decorated with blue rays of light.
Yves KLEIN was a french painter. By the late fifties, he decided to use exclusively the blue known nowadays as the IKB (International Klein Blue). This event is a tribute to the man who tried to perform this event in 1958. Anyway, this giant stone, planted in the middle of Paris, looked like a huge light saber coming from outer time. |
3 comments October 8th, 2006
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Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. He was born and died in Paris.
Over his lifetime he painted over 8000 paintings, watercolors and drawings, many of which are on display in Paris at the “Musée Gustave Moreau” at 14, rue de la Rochefoucauld (IXe arrondissement) in Paris. The museum is in his former workshop, and opened to the public in 1903. The house has three stores. Moreau used to live in the first floor and spared the rest of his time in the second and the third floors in his workshop. |
4 comments October 1st, 2006