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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Musée National du Moyen-Age (Paris, 18-5-2008)
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
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Much of he building is still in it's original medieval state.
Around the museum is a "medieval" garden which is used by passers-by as a place for a quiet lunch.
During the slower, less touristic period this museum is free so it's a good idea to visit it in april/may.
The museum is filled with medieval treasures. The most famous artworks are the 15th century tapestries called "La Dame à la Licorne" which celebrates the senses. It's definitely worth a look! (see pic, this one is called "A mon seul Désir").
All information (also in English and Spanish!): http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/
Cimetière de Montmartre (Paris, 18-5-2008)
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
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Read more: here
See pics in Paris!-album.
Musée de la Vie Romantique (Paris, 17-5-2008)
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
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This museum about the Romantic period is small but beautiful. There is a magnificent garden with roses and a tea-pavilion (see picture). It's all very very Romantic so the setting is perfect.
Because it was free this night it was rather busy but you could still see everything quite well.
Read more about the museum and it's exhibits: here
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Louvre (Paris, 17-5-2008)
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
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And one of the main reasons to go to Paris was the fact that Jan Fabre was exhibiting in the Louvre so it really is time for my first visit ;-)
As most of you will know the Louvre is very big and has a vast collection of paintings, sculptures and antiquities. It's easy to get lost here so it's nice there are free plans in all languages. These plans are also handy to pick out what you want to see because, frankly, I do not care much for Greek and Roman sculpture.
The Fabre exhibit was in the part with the paintings from the Netherlands and Belgium (it has ended a few days ago btw). We both love his works and it was great to see the interaction with the rooms and the old paintings!
After seeing this exhibit and the rest of the wing with paintings from France it was time for a drink. Luckily you can get food and drinks in this museum!
There was another temporary exhibit here that we wanted to see called "Babylon" (it has ended too a few days ago). It was a nice exhibit about the real Babylon and the more imaginary, biblical Babylon as seen in art and literature. There were some beautiful works of art there, a lot of which you can still see in the permanent collection.
So what else did we see?
- the Napoleon III rooms: Wow! Ornaments and colours everywhere!
- Medieval art objects: lovely stuff, great to see some things I know from books
- loads of Italian and French paintings on our way to see the Mona Lisa
- arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
And several other paintings, sculptures etc just walking around searching for a way in or out of exhibits ;-)
Next time I want to see the Egyptian part!
All info here
Centre Pompidou (Paris, 16-5-2008)
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
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The building itself is very special and rather chaotic on the inside. Temporary exhibits and restaurant are at the top floor where there is a great view of the city.
We had an especially great view as there were some thunderstorms hanging over parts of Paris ;-)
The permanent collection and the temporary exhibits are open late every day so it's perfect to visit the Centre after all the other museums have closed. There is also a library and a movie-theatre here so fun for every-one!
See their site: http://www.centrepompidou.fr/
We visited the Louise Bourgeois exhibit (it ended june the 2nd), the "Traces du Sacré"-exhibit (still running un till august 11th!) and the permanent collection.
I am a great fan of Louise Bourgeois because I really love her images. And the fact that she is still making art a the age of 97 makes her a role model for all of us!
"Traces du Sacré" is a brilliant exhibit about the "spiritual" in art. In the exhibit there is art about the divine, the apocalypse, paganism, sexualism, futurism, nostalgia, the absolute and much much more.
I can guarantee that you will leave this exhibit a changed person (especially if you've gone through "the Doors of Perception")!
The permanent collection is always interesting to watch as the are some great works in it by all the well-known 20th century artists. They've recently re-arranged all the rooms so it was even new for us now even-though we've already seen the permanent collection several times.
Petit Palais (Paris, 16-5-2008)
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Other |
This museum has a fine arts collection of 19th and 20th century art but there are also temporary exhibits. The building itself is well worth a visit too!
The palais was built for the 1900 World Fair and re-opened in 2005 after large-scale renovations. The inside ànd outside are full of ornaments, paintings, gold, exotic plants, etc. etc.
We were here for a Goya exhibit (which was terrific by the way) and we didn't see the permanent collection. The Goya exhibit has ended by now but I'm sure there will be new exhibits!
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