Saint-Germain-des-Prés
For years I was mildly puzzled about who Saint Germain was, but only mildly. Now that I have finally looked him up, it turns out he was born around the Read More …
Tag: Sculpture
Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet
With seats for 570 spectators in its main auditorium, the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet is the smallest lyric theater in Paris. The nearby Garnier Opera seats three times as many people, Read More …
Maillol sculptures in the Tuileries
This statue of a nude woman, with the Eiffel Tower visible in the distance over her left shoulder and the Orsay Museum off to her right, is called Pomone and Read More …
Vauban’s Citadel above Besançon
More than a hundred meters above the old town of Besançon, Vauban’s Citadel covers eleven hectares on the top of Mont Saint-Etienne. Besançon was controlled by the Spanish until 1674, Read More …
Clémentine
A little park at the Place du Bourg-de-four in Geneva is the site of a remarkable statue, not of Rousseau or Calvin or the founder of the Red Cross, but Read More …
First guided walking tour of Toulouse
In Toulouse I went on two guided walking tours on two consecutive days. Both were organized by the city tourist office. The normal cost was listed as € 9.50 per Read More …
Monument to the Memory of the Girondins
In the early years of the French Revolution, the Girondins were an important political group in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention. Many of the Girondins came from Bordeaux, Read More …
Paintings on opera themes
When I go to art museums I am always glad to see paintings on themes that I ‘know’ because they have also been made into operas. I noticed four of Read More …
From Jeanne d’Arc to Jeanne d’Oc
Somehow I used to think that the cult of Joan of Arc was limited to northern France and was of little interest to the southern half of the country. After Read More …
Dina Vierny and the Maillol Museum
Aristide Maillol (1861–1944) was a French artist who spent most of his career drawing, painting and sculpting nude women.