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A pleasant contrast
A pleasant contrast While a big part of the square is divided in equal squares, the houses on the side show only quasi uniformity. They look similar but are nonetheless all different, in colour, in form and size, in the details, like a group of individuals of the same species. Intrigued by the pleasant tableau…
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20.000 years of human activity
20.000 years of human activity Looking, studying, that’s what man has been doing since time immemorial. These two people in the Louvre-Lens look intently at a prehistoric flint object in the shape of a laurel leaf found in Rigny-sur-Arroux (Sâone-et-Loire), France. Around 20.000 years ago a fellow man has done his or her best in…
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Encounter at the ‘galerie du temps’ …
Encounter at the ‘galerie du temps’ … … between the faint reflection of a modern woman and a terracotta figure dating back more than two thousand five hundred years, as I saw it in the magnificent ‘galerie du temps’ at the Louvre-Lens museum in northern France. Photo of the week: Statue-vase in the form of…
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Medieval France
Medieval France In the hamlet of Massy you can see, opposite a small Romanesque church, this house dating from about the same time. Only the partly renovated roof, the doors, a little window and the piece of asphalt road reveal that we are no longer in the Middle Ages. Photo of the week: Massy, La…
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Romanesque austerity
Romanesque austerity Less is more, aesthetically. That is why Romanesque art and architecture is so compelling. More basic and austere than the Saint-Pierre in Brancion you won’t find easily. Photo of the week: Eglise romane Saint-Pierre, 12th cent., Brancion, France 2023
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Dry stone walls
Dry stone walls You’ll find them everywhere. For thousands of years man has built walls and fences following the technique of searching, measuring, cutting, fitting and piling of stones. This is a wall in Brancion, a medieval village in Burgundy. In the back the castle of Brancion. Photo of the week: Brancion, France 2023
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Stately beauty
Stately beauty Sculpture of a woman in a large empty space. All attention is drawn to her naked figure. A truly moving image. Giacometti has put her on a pedestal in the form of a chariot, which creates a strange tension. She is on view but doesn’t look a fool. On the contrary: straight and…
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Majestic distinction
Majestic distinction The pose of Diego, in spite of his loose-fitting sweater, is of majestic distinction. This is how Alberto has portrayed his brother, in his own unique style. Many of Giacometti’s sculptured figures, his thin ones too, show this characteristic distinction. It reflects the respectful, humane way Giacometti saw and approached his models. Photo…
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The artist at work
The artist at work On the picture by Ernst Scheidegger in the back we see Giacometti at work in his studio, surrounded by his sculptures. And on my picture you see Giacometti’s picture in turn surrounded by one of his sculptures and its reflections, creating layers of representation. Photo of the week: Alberto Giacometti, Bust…
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Alberto paints Annette
Alberto paints Annette The fact that the artist (Alberto Giacometti) paints a picture of his wife on this photo by Ernst Scheidegger is nothing special. She was his favourite female model. Still it gives the scene a touch of intimacy, a feeling that is intensified by the incident light in the otherwise dark wooden atmosphere…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
