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?

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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)

Click the photo to see some interesting comments about the origins of Gothic...

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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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