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The Wallace fountain
The Wallace fountain For the last 150 years numerous of these free drinking water fountains can be found all over Paris. They are called Wallace fountains, named after the British philanthropist who made the initial design and financed them. They were further developed and sculpted by Charles-Auguste Lebourg, an artist from Nantes, where this specimen…
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Back again
Back again This girl just comes back from her own ‘Voyage à Nantes’. She was placed here by Philippe Ramette for the 2018 edition of the artistic itinerary in Nantes and she loves to roam around the city every now and then, especially when a new itinerary has been laid out. Photos of the week:…
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Interior jungle
Interior jungle Every year the city of Nantes organises an artistic itinerary (Le Voyage à Nantes) which leads you through the different neigbourhoods of the city and for which invited artists have made art works on location. Some of these art works are kept after the exhibition is over and become permanent land marks of…
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Romanesque abbey
Romanesque abbey For over a thousand years the simple brick columns and beautiful light inside the romanesque abbey church in Tournus has impressed the people. The abbey was rebuilt in the 11th century after the original one was destroyed by the Magyars in 937. Photos of the week: Abbaye Saint-Philibert de Tournus, France 2024
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Mass tourism
Mass tourism Ever tried to look at Monet’s Sunset in its entirity in the Orangerie? Ever climbed up to sunset point on the hill in Luang Prabang? Photos of the week: Claude Monet, Nymphéas (1916-1926) – Soleil couchant, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, France 2024;Sunset at Phu Si hill, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Nymphéas
Nymphéas The 100 metres of water lilies divided over eight canvasses that Monet painted towards the end of his life for the Orangerie are hanging there now for almost 100 years. And like all great art they seem timeless. They haven’t aged. The only thing that has changed over the years is the appearance of…
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Hotel of God
Hotel of God The Hôtel-Dieu of Beaune (Hospices de Beaune) dates from the middle of the 15th century. It was run by the same nuns as the one in Louhans, the order of Sainte-Marthe. We see them here in the kitchen in Beaune, while on the other photo we look from the kitchen in Louhans…
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Hôtel-Dieu
Hôtel-Dieu Hôtel or Hostel-Dieu is the name of hospitals that were founded all over France by the nobility and the rich for the sick and the poor. They were administered by the Catholic Church. Maybe that’s why Dieu was added to Hôtel or Hostel, derived from the Latin hospes. The Hôtel-Dieu in Louhans was constructed…
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The Last Judgement
The Last Judgement Having grown up in a catholic family I know about heaven and hell. But with the faith, the desire for one and fear for the other have disappeared from my life. I still love their images however when they pop up in the long history of the arts, as in the polyptych…
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To hell
To hell On Judgement Day the dead rise from their graves. Archangel Michael weighs their souls and the owners of those that tip the scales because of the serious sins committed during their lifetime are sent to hell. Photos of the week: En route à l’enfer, détails du polyptique du ‘Jugement dernier’ de Rogier van…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 