Category: Europe
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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 beautiful tree, a vibrant wall, a peephole.Sights like that keep 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 was probably placed there to draw visitors’ gaze towards the beautiful view of Château-Chalon. But the frame reduces the view of the small hilltop town to little more than a postcard. It creates a distance between the viewer and the landscape. In contrast, the unframed image draws the…
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Munch’s carpet
Munch’s carpet Munch has portrayed Wilhelm Wartmann several times; this is a detail of his portrait at the Kunsthaus in Zürich, of which he was the director during most of the first half of the 20th century. We see his feet on the corner of a carpet. Who would paint a carpet in such a…
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3 x Lady Tanetmit
3 x Lady Tanetmit When I look at ancient Egyptian art depicting people, I am often moved by the subtle beauty and refinement of a face, a mouth, a gaze. The thousands of years that separate us seem to vanish, and I feel as though I am standing face to face with the image of…
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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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