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1. Sacré-Coeur
sitting on a hill-top overlooking Paris, surrounded by the Montmartre
district with its narrow cobblestone streets and artists sketching from
positions on sidewalks and in alleys.
2. Notre
Dame sitting on an island in the Seine
River.
3. The
Thinker by Auguste Rodin sits in the front garden of Musée
Rodin - his former home and temporarily the home of Rainer
Maria Rilke. In the background is the gold-leaf spire of Hôtel
Les Invalides built to house 4,000 war veterans.
4. Musée
Rodin at left with a view of Hôtel
Les Invalides in background which was built to house 4,000 wounded
soldiers. (Rodin's "The Thinker" sits
in this front garden, barely visible - 100 pixels up from bottom and 125
pixels in from right side of photo - a red rose at the base of statue.)
5. Le
Louvre is the largest museum in the world, formerly a royal
palace - this is a view of a fountain on the interior court. The building
is shaped like a U, the open end of the U behind the photographer.
6. Stan at Le
Louvre on the lower floor, with skylights
over 3 stories of open space.
7. Susan sitting at the Seine
River which winds its way through the city; tour boat approaching.
8. Edgar
Degas 1834-1917
Dancer "Little Dancer at 14"
in tulle costume; also a Degas
horse
sculpture, both in bronze.
Musée D'Orsay
- where impressionist and post-impressionist art after 1848 is displayed.
9.
Degas 1834-1917
Dancer "Little Dancer at 14"
(with
man standing in similar pose) - all sculptures &
paintings in the room are by Degas.
Musée D'Orsay
10.Denis-Antoine
Chaudet - Paris 1763-1810 - marble
"Le claire de lune"
"Oeudipe enfant
rappelé à la vie par le berger Phobas qui l'a détaché
de l'arbre"
Le Louvre
The shepard, Phobas, is feeding the mythical
child, Oedipus, from his drinking bowl and the dog is affectionately licking
the sole of the child's foot.
11.Jean
François Lorta - 1752-1837
Danseuse au tambourin
Le Louvre
Graceful dancer in marble.
12.François
Joseph Duret 1804-1865
Pêcheur dansant
la tarentelle 1832
Le Louvre
Bronze of dancer doing a tarantella.
13.A.
A. Dumonte 1833
Le Louvre
Bronze dancer with star on head and wings
holding torch.
14. Alexandre
Felguiere 1851-1900 - bronze
Vainqueur au combat
de coqs
Musée D'Orsay
The conqueror in a battle of roosters.
15.Jean-Baptiste
Carpeaux 1827-1875 - marble
La Danse
Musée D'Orsay
Note tambourine, wings, head wreathe on
figure at top.
16.J.
B. Carpeaux
Le prince impérial
et son chien - 1865
Musée D'Orsay
Marble statue of prince with his dog.
17.Jean
Dampt-Venurey 1853-1946
Le baiser de l'aïeule
- 1892
Musée D'Orsay
Grandmère
avec enfant.
Marble sculpture of grandmother and grandchild.
18.
Le Louvre - interior view as an
example of the height and grandeur of so many of the paintings by the "old
masters." Susan in center foreground.
19. A ceiling in Le
Louvre.
20. Showing interior depth in Le
Louvre; room after room in the 3 wings and 3 floors of the building.
21. View of Paris from a balcony of
Musée
D'Orsay
with
Sacré Coeur
in left background on hill-top rising above the city - the ferris wheel
to the right is permanent - the River Seine
floating a tour boat in foreground.
22.Auguste
Rodin - 1840-1917
Jeune femme au
chapeau fleuri - 1865
Musée Rodin
Young lady in floral hat in terra cotta.
23.Camille
Claudel- 1864-1943
La Petite Châtelaine
- 1895
Musée Rodin
Young girl in marble.
24. Susan writing note in Musée
Rodin front garden with a view of Hôtel
Les Invalides in background which was built to house 4,000 wounded
soldiers.
Photography by Stan
Schaap and Susan Kramer
Paris, France, September 5-8,
2001
Photos may be used for personal
and educational purposes but not commercially without permission.
contact susan@susankramer.com
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