Category: France
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The hairpin and the hermaphrodite
The hairpin and the hermaphrodite The angular and the rounded. Two striking examples of two different cultural and artistic traditions. Photo of the week: Pin, c.100-700, Perou, and Hermaphroditus, c.130-150, Alexandria-Egypt, Musée du Louvre-Lens, France 2024
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Stones
Stones Stones do (not) speak; let’s listen attentively. Photo of the week: Courtyard, Château-Chalons, France 2023
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Window on the world
Window on the world A fantastic tree, a lively wall, a peephole window.A sight like this keeps me going. Photo of the week: Château-Chalon, France 2023
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With frame and without
With frame and without The wooden frame must have been placed there to guide the eyes of the visitors towards the nice view of Château-Chalon. But the frame reduces the view of the little hill town to a mere picture postcard. It creates a distance between the viewer and the landscape. On the other hand,…
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3 x Lady Tanetmit
3 x Lady Tanetmit When looking at old Egyptian art with representation of human beings I am often touched by the delicate beauty and refinement of a face, a mouth, a look. The thousands of years that separate us disappear, and I feel like standing face to face with the image of a timeless, living…
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Stand-ins
Stand-ins This collection of funerary servants (shabtis) was found in the tomb of Neferibreheb who lived around 500 BC. Every day one of them is supposed to take the place of the deceased and work in the fields of the afterlife. Wrapped in a shroud like Osiris – the god of the dead and the…
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Fleurie
Fleurie This may be a trompe l’oeil, but the good wines of Burgundy never deceive us. Photo of the week: Vineyard trompe l’oeil, Fleurie, France 2013
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The 3 graces
The 3 graces Not by Canova or whichever other sculptor or painter, but by Mother Nature. With their splendour they fill our hearts with the same joy. Photo of the week: Fleurie, France 2023
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Out of the blue
Out of the blue I didn’t actually see it falling from the sky. It was already there when I passed it on my walk around La Vineuse-sur-Frégande. Photo of the week: La Vineuse-sur-Frégande, France 2023
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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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