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The Magic of the Cities.
Zen promotes the rediscovery of the obvious, which is so often lost in its familiarity and simplicity. It sees the miraculous in the common and magic in our everyday surroundings. When we are not rushed, and our minds are unclouded by conceptualizations, a veil will sometimes drop, introducing the viewer to a world unseen since childhood. ~ John Greer
Showing posts with label Musée du Louvre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Musée du Louvre. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
No Expectations
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Diana The Huntress
Diana Fountain. Mexico City |
Diana de Versailles. Musée du Louvre Diana (lt. "heavenly" or "divine") was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and also of the moon in Roman mythology. In literature she was the equal of the Greek goddess Artemis, though in cult beliefs she was Italic, not Greek, in origin. Diana was worshiped in ancient Roman religion and is currently revered in Roman Neopaganism and Stregheria. Diana was known to be the virgin goddess and looked after virgins and women. She was one of the three maiden goddesses, Diana, Minerva and Vesta, who swore never to marry. [Wiki] |
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Farewell Paris
Snack |
Wrong lens |
Gallery |
Art Class (about Les Noces de Cana by Véronèse - 1562-1563) |
Inner patio |
Cinq Maitres de la Renaissance Florentine. 1450. By Paolo Uccello (L to R: Giotto, P. Uccelllo, Donatello, Manetti & Filipo Brunelleschi) |
Leonardo da Vinci. Portrait da Femme, La Belle Ferronniere (1495-99) |
Stoned Lady Thank you Paris and Parisians for your endless Culture, Art, Beauty and Joie de Vivre (Joy of Living). I leave a part of my heart here and forever. |
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Dreamers
Musée du Louvre |
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Bacchus Roman, Imperial. 2nd Century AD |
Portrait d'Antinoüs en Osiris 130 ap. .J.-C. |
Potrait of man from the time of Emperor Claude 40-44 ap. J.-C. |
Labels:
Musée du Louvre,
Paris Scenes,
Roman empire,
sculptures
Mexico City
France
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Hermes
Hermès tying his sandal. Roman II Century BC |
The image of Hermes tying his sandal while listening to the orders of his father, Zeus, is characteristic of Lysippus's artistic endeavors. It should be remembered, however, that the head, which comes from another copy of the same work, is too small here, and that the incongruous supporting tree trunk under the thigh was added by the Roman copyist when he transposed the bronze original into marble.
Lysippus reworked Polyclitus's canon by lengthening it. The proportions are freer, the head now an eighth of the total height of the body and the muscle structure more slender - except, of course, in the statue of Heracles to your right. The artist sought in addition to situate the figure in a space that was also that of the observer, with a play of light and shade.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Bacchante
Bacchante shadow (a priestess or female votary of Bacchus) |
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