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Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Paris 2012
Fontaine Saint-Michel
The Fontaine Saint-Michel is located in Place Saint-Michel. The statue above the fountain depicts Archangel Michael and the devil, sculptured by Francisque Joseph Duret. In the foreground there are two winged dragons that were sculpted by Henri Alfred Jacquemart.
Those are just two of the nine sculptors whose work is featured in the fountain.
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 6th 2012
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Paris 2012
The Chapel
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 3rd 2012
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Stained-Glasses Windows (Room 6)
PS: The title is written letter for letter as it was in the museum leaflet.
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2012
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Padlocks of Love
Whilst walking from Notre Dame to the Musee de Cluny we had to cross over the Pont de l’Archevêché to the Left Bank of the Seine. As I was crossing the bridge I noticed that, oddly, the sides of the bridge were covered in padlocks.
Wiki tells me that they are love padlocks. The display of [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2012
This weeks prompt was:
Try a portrait without showing the face of your subject. And with this, try to show the expressions, emotions, feelings and the personality of the moment. If you don’t want to try this on someone else – how about yourself?
This was a fun prompt which I didn’t get the chance to explore [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 23rd 2012
