My name's not important

I'm really late to jump on the bandwagon, but I've been too busy designing the fjords for Earth mk III to blog...

Thursday, February 15, 2007

l'Orangerie - fruity one


Paul CEZANNE 'Fruits, serviette and jug of milk' 1880-81

Paul CEZANNE 'Fruit & biscuits' 1879-80

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Tuileries Gardens - in love with clouds



































































































































































More about the area between Louvre and l'Orangerie: click this link

Info about the Tuileries Palace before it was burned down in the Revolution: click here

A discussion about the wonderful set up of the gardens as they exist today: click here

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Louvre - 1st visit cont'd - the grandest Goddess



The Winged Victory of Samothrace has to be one of the most astounding sculptures ever uncovered from the times of Roman and Greek antiquity. Right up there with the Laocoon and Borghese Gladiator.

Though it is regrettable that this goddess cannot be reunited with her divine head and arms, the remarkable detail of her fragile and beautiful wings remains.

Robing is exquisitely rendered and realised also; the impression given is of the person standing on the prow of a boat in a strong wind, with sea spray wetting her garments. Her navel is visible through a part of her dress most soaked by the elements as imagined by the sculptor.

Silver drachma of the Winged Victory dating from 306 - 294 B.C.



Wings without flash...

... and with the flash turned on.














For some less-wobbly, professional images of this goddess, and an excellent English-language commentary on the sculpture, click the link to MuseƩ Louvre embedded in the title of this post (and here again).