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Under the Pyramid Paris, France 2013
This may be what had the guy from yesterday’s POTD as well as me a little concerned: the view of the crowd streaming down the stairs from the main entrance to the Louvre (under I.M. Pei’s famous Pyramide de Louvre).
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The Evolution of Rodin Paris, France 2013
These three sculptures at the Rodin Museum don’t really have anything to do with evolution–or at least I don’t think they do. But I thought this lineup (a composition actually spotted by the Fashion Queen) looked very much like part of one of those old textbook illustrations of the steps in the evolution of man.]]>POTD: The Evolution of Rodin Read More »
Bowie is God Paris, France 2013
I thought it was odd to come across this David Bowie poster just a few days after I posted this POTD photo of a guy on the street in a similar pose. What is even more odd perhaps is that even though the words on the poster are in English rather than French, I still don’t really have much of an understanding about its message.]]>POTD: Bowie is God Read More »
Art is What You Make It Paris, France 2013
Aside from it’s inherent characteristics, how we react to art is also a reflection of our background, our experience and the times in which we live. So, after walking around Paris seeing so many tourists using their mobile phones to take self-portraits of themselves with famous sights or art in the background, you have to forgive the Fashion Queen and I for having the obvious reaction to this otherwise rather fine piece of sculpture at the Louvre. I’m sure it had a more historically plausible interpretation (although all the signage was in French), but sometimes you have to go with your gut reaction.
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21st Century Mona Paris, France 2013
A new-age La Joconde striking a pose at the Hôtel de Ville on drizzly evening.
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