27dec14. 4 Rue de Bagnolet. Paris, France.
Category: paris
PARIS, FRANCE STREET ART & GRAFFITI: LIFE IS GREAT
25dec14. Paris, France.
PARIS, FRANCE: BUT PARIS…
“But Paris was a very old city and we were young and nothing was simple there, not even poverty, nor sudden money, nor the moonlight, nor right and wrong nor the breathing of someone who lay beside you in the moonlight.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
26dec14. Paris, France.
PARIS, FRANCE: EVERY HOUR IS LIKE A MEMORY
“Surviving one’s own life, living on the other side of it like a spectator, is quite comfortable after all. You no longer expect anything, no longer fear anything, and every hour is like a memory.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Mandarins
26dec14. Paris, France.
PARIS, FRANCE STREET ART: ORANGE INVADER
25dec14. Paris, France.
PARIS, FRANCE: (LOUVRE) APHRODITE, known as VENUS DE MILO
24dec14. Paris, France.
PARIS, FRANCE: OUTSIDE NOTRE DAME de PARIS
25dec14. Paris, France.
PARIS, FRANCE: TO PRESERVE ONE’S SOUL
“To breathe Paris is to preserve one’s soul.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
25dec14. Paris, France.
PARIS, FRANCE: COLONNE DE JUILLET
The July Column (French: Colonne de Juillet) is a monumental column in Paris commemorating the Revolution of 1830. It stands in the center of the Place de la Bastille and celebrates the Trois Glorieuses — the “three glorious” days of 27–29 July 1830 that saw the fall of King Charles X of France and the commencement of the “July Monarchy” of Louis-Philippe, King of the French. It was built between 1835 and 1840. (wiki)
25dec14. Paris, France.
PARIS, FRANCE: THE LOUVRE ~ WINGED VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE
Also called “Nike of Samothrace.” Greek goddess Nike (Victory.) Estimated to have been sculpted 200-190 B.C. One of the most celebrated sculptures in the world and arguably the greatest masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture. Discovered in 1863. Representing a battle at sea.
24dec14. Paris, France.