Petit Palais, Paris, April 27, 2008
Petit Palais, Paris, April 27, 2008
It was sunny and hot, and as I was on the Champs-Elysees with my camera, I was reminded that I had never gone back to this museum.
... okay,now it reminds me of the Met.
Where I definitely want to go and spend more than 5 min, some day.
Art = excuse for nudity?
I like everything about this building <3
Even those odd patched up statues
Notice the boat under her? It's reminiscent of Paris' symbol and motto.
Opening gate
Detail : Fluctuat nec mergitur again
I don't think any other monument is so insistent about Paris' motto. It was probably funded by the town and not by the governement?
Art Nouveau a bit
The motto means "Floats but never sinks".
Lady with monkey
If I recall, it's when I wanted to take a photo of her last time that my batteries died ^^;,,
So I indulged a bit
Because I really like the technique of it. It's ceramics, can you believe it?
And she's pretty, too.
A different technique
but I really like those multi-color statues.
That foot looks real...
It's nearly skin-toned o_o
Shot from above
Err... painful?
Adam, Eve and Abel
First death on Earth
Glowy
Good Samaritan
Surprising realism
The boat again... surrounded by victories
The inner garden
I last shot it in winter covered in snow...
The terrace leads to the café
It has to be one of the most pleasant places of Paris
Eve with the snake
Haunting
I love that place
I'm not sure what those are...
Are they even finished?