The oft rubbed bosom of Marie Antoinette

I don't know whether it is good look in France to rub a statue's bosom - but the monument to Marie Antoinette has received ahem.. a lot of attention in certain areas.

Here at the fantastic Gothic superstructure Saint Denis Basilica Paris, home to the Kings and Queens of France.

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Last Resting Place of Kings

Saint Denis Basilica Paris - houses some of the most remarkably beautiful tombs of the Kings and Queens of France. More to come over the next week.



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Institut du Monde Arabe

Situated in the Jardin des Plantes Quarter of Paris just next to the Seine - the facade comprises a host of iris like fixtures which open and close according to the intensity of the light

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The Ark of the Covenant?

Best Viewed Large

Back in the Basilica at Saint Denis, I soon found myself in the crypt which has a Byzantine feel. Whilst walking around the many chapels cut into the apse I came across this little marvel. Something faintly Da Vinci Code about it. Here is a hunk of stone with a vine motif roughly carved upon it and the tool marks of the originator cut deeply into the patina. How old is this? Dare I say Roman? Whatever it's age - the reverence given to it and it's marvellous location certainly made it look and feel special. I felt for a fleeting moment that I was seeing something of the person that created it many hundreds of years ago. Not many subjects get the Andy Marshall top third and floor perspective shot - but this deserves it. A work of art.

Saint Denis Basilica Paris France

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The Humble Chair

The White Hot Act of Gothic

So here it is - the origins of Gothic - and I had to get in on the act! That's me having laid out the camera with timer onto the floor and nervously holding my Billingham Bag in awe of being at the birthplace of Gothic......

Pevsner says "Whoever designed the choir at St Denis, one can safely say, invented the Gothic style...the pointed arch, the flying buttress, and the rib-vault....What was decisively new....was the combination of these motifs for a new aesthetic purpose. (Pevsner, An Outline of European Architecture, Penquin, London 1943)

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Seeking Out Atget

Eugene Atget's image of Saint Sulpice and my recent image shows little change (other than the obvious crane and tower under refurbishment). Remarkably the shutters on the building on the right are the same as in Atgets

Thanks to Pete Sieger for this idea



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La Villa Roche by Le Corbusier

The Villa in Auteuil, Paris was built for two families in 1925. This is the La Roche house. The room is built to house the wealthy banker's art collection and the gradually sloping walkway was meant to provide an 'architectural promenade' for the feet as well as the eyes.

The place is a work of art in itself . Wherever you go the Golden Section is apparent including in this pic.....

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Saint Denis Basilica Paris France

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Notre Dame Paris France

Nice to be back!

Nice to be back after a week away in Paris - some future highlights for the blog include a trip to Le Corbusier's Villa Roche and Saint Denis Basilica....

This is a miniplanet of an image I took last week (see the original here)

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