I decided this morning to post another dozen or so Arc de Triomphe photos as a slide show.
Some photos, however, just don't have the required dimensions, so I'll post this one and another below as still images.
Some photos, however, just don't have the required dimensions, so I'll post this one and another below as still images.
In the slideshow you'll see two street views. The first is looking from the Arc de Triomphe toward the west toward la grande arche de la Défense. The second, a few images later, is looking east toward the Louvre.
You can enlarge this image and the one above to see more details.
The third photo is The crossing of the Arcole bridge by Jean-Jacques Feuchère.
ReplyDeleteConsidering how high these bas-reliefs are, the details sre amazing.
Who was crossing the bridge at Arcole and why?
DeleteHere, it is not le Pont d'Arcole in Paris you might have encountered in your ballades, but the bridge over the Adige at Arcole in Italy. Wikipedia explains it much better than I could.
DeleteI should have said that General Bonaparte was not yet Napoléon.
DeleteI read about the pont d'Arcole in Italy. As for the one in Paris, the parents of a friend of mine lived in an apartment on the Ile de la Cité on the rue d'Arcole, right across the street from Notre-Dame.
DeleteThat first slide has made me realise just how huge those sculptures are!
ReplyDeleteDid you notice the pigeon on the last slide, lower right corner? Good for scale.
DeleteYes.... and looking closely, you can see the joins in the stone.... absolutely amazing the mastery these masons and sculptors have over stone.
DeleteOh, the talent of those sculptors!
ReplyDeleteThe pigeon is about the size of the man’s thumb. Very good for scale, thanks for pointing it out.
Really nice photos! I saw the pigeon and even a cow. There is a lot of energy in the sculptures. War with its horror and glory.
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