Au puits sans vin

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“Au puits sans vin”
Rue Mouffetard
Quartier du Val-de-Grâce, 5th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Fontaine Cuvier

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Fontaine Cuvier by Alphonse Vigoureux
Rue Linné / Rue Cuvier
Quartier du Jardin-des-Plantes, 5th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Fontaine Jussieu

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Fontaine Jussieu
Place Jussieu
Quartier Saint-Victor, 5th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Double-helix staircase

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Double-helix staircase
Quai Saint-Bernard
Quartier Saint-Victor, 5th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Saint-Cyrille-Saint-Méthode

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Église Saint-Cyrille-Saint-Méthode, 1963
Rue de Bagnolet
Quartier de Charonne, 20th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Les Mercuriales

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Les Mercuriales, 1975
Rue Jean Jaurès
Bagnolet, July 2005

“Les Mercuriales are twin towers in Bagnolet, along the Boulevard Peripherique, in Paris, France. They were built in 1975, and are named Levant (Eastern) and Ponant (Western). These towers were part of a larger project in the business district of eastern Paris, designed to rebalance the western district La Defense. This project was interrupted by the first oil crisis, leaving the isolated towers on the A3 motorway interchange. Not counting the antennas, the towers are the third highest in the Seine-Saint-Denis administrative division, behind Tour Pleyel (143m) and behind the Tour La Villette (125m). Including the antennas, the West Tower is the highest in Seine-Saint-Denis with a peak at about 175m, while the East Tower is the second highest at 141m.” (Les Mercuriales, Wikipedia)

Château-des-Rentiers

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Building by Christian de Portzamparc, 1984
Rue du Château-des-Rentiers
Quartier de la Gare, 13th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Portrait d'homme

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Portrait d'homme de l'époque de l'empereur Gallien
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Accueil des groupes

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Accueil des groupes, Hall Napoléon
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Neptune

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Neptune by Antoine Coysevox, 1705
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Dawn

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L'Aurore descendant de son char by Philippe Magnier, 1693
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Foreign Legion stall

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Foreign Legion stall
Place du Palais-Royal
Quartier du Palais-Royal, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Le Génie de la chasse

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Le Génie de la chasse by Jean-Baptiste Debay, 1838
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Lion au serpent

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Lion au serpent by Antoine-Louis Barye, 1832
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Orlando Furioso

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Orlando Furioso by Jean Bernard Duseigneur, 1867
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Spartacus

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Spartacus by Denis Foyatier, 1830
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Hercules fighting Acheloos

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Hercules fighting Acheloos transformed into a snake by François Joseph Bosio, 1824
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Napoleon in Triumph

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Napoleon in Triumph by François-Frédéric Lemot, 1806
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Four Captive Nations

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Four Captive Nations by Martin Desjardins, 1685
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“His gilt-bronze Four Captive Nations (1682–85) celebrated the early victories of the armies of Louis XIV over the alliances of Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Brandenburg and the Dutch Republic, in Louis XIV's Place des Victoires, Paris. They ornamented the socle of Desjardins' standing sculpture of Louis XIV, which was melted down at the Revolution. Today the Captifs are conserved in the Louvre, their gilding weathered away. A marble workshop copy of the Louis XIV is to be seen in the Orangerie at Versailles.” (Martin Desjardins, Wikipedia)

Hall Napoléon

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Hall Napoléon
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Rebellious Slave

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Rebellious Slave by Michelangelo, 1513
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“The Rebellious Slave is a 2.15m high marble statue by Michelangelo, dated to 1513. It is now held in the Louvre in Paris. The two ‘slaves’ of the Louvre date to the second version of the tomb of Pope Julius II which was commissioned by the Pope's heirs, the Della Rovere in May 1513. Although the initial plans for a gigantic mausoleum were set aside, the work was still monumental, with a corridor richly decorated with sculpture and Michelangelo was immediately put in charge of the work. Among the first pieces completed were the two Prigioni (renamed the ‘slaves’ only in the nineteenth century), destined for the lower part of the funerary monument, next to the pilasters which framed the niches containing the Victories. Their poses were determined by the needs of this architectural setting, so from the front they have great effect, but the side views received less care than usual.” (Rebellious Slave, Wikipedia)

Bust of Cardinal Richelieu

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Bust of Cardinal Richelieu by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1641
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“The Bust of Cardinal Richelieu is a marble sculpture by the Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, situated at the Louvre in Paris. Richelieu had hoped to commission Bernini to make a full-length sculpture, through his friend Jules Mazarin and the French ambassador in Rome François Annibal d'Estrées, but Pope Urban VIII would not permit it, so the sculpture became a bust, sculpted by Bernini between November 1640 and January 1641. He worked from images of Cardinal Richelieu that had been sent to Rome from France. Once completed, the bust was transported to Paris. The bust arrived in Paris in August 1640, but Richelieu was not happy with the work, quickly commissioning another bust by Jean Warin.” (Bust of Cardinal Richelieu, Wikipedia)

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss

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Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour (Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss) by Antonio Canova, 1793
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss (Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour) is a sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Canova first commissioned in 1787 by Colonel John Campbell. It is regarded as a masterpiece of Neoclassical sculpture, but shows the mythological lovers at a moment of great emotion, characteristic of the emerging movement of Romanticism. It represents the god Cupid in the height of love and tenderness, immediately after awakening the lifeless Psyche with a kiss. The story of Cupid and Psyche is taken from Lucius Apuleius' Latin novel The Golden Ass, and was popular in art. Joachim Murat acquired the first or prime version (pictured) in 1800. After his death the statue entered the Louvre Museum in Paris, France in 1824; Prince Yusupov, a Russian nobleman acquired the 2nd version of the piece from Canova in Rome in 1796, and it later entered the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. A full-scale model for the 2nd version is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” (Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Wikipedia)

Love and Psyche Standing

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L'Amour et Psyché debout (Love and Psyche Standing) by Antonio Canova, 1797
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Nymph with a Scorpion

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La Nymphe au scorpion (Nymph with a Scorpion) by Lorenzo Bartolini, 1845
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Portrait of a Venetian Patrician

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Portrait d'un patricien vénitien (Portrait of a Venetian Patrician) by Alessandro Vittoria, 1575
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Dying Slave

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Dying Slave by Michelangelo, 1516
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“The Dying Slave is a sculpture by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Created between 1513 and 1516, it was to serve with another figure, the Rebellious Slave, at the tomb of Pope Julius II. It is a marble figure 2.15 metres (7' 4") in height, and is held at the Louvre, Paris. In 1976 the art historian Richard Fly wrote that it ‘suggests that moment when life capitulates before the relentless force of dead matter’. However, in a recent scholarly volume entitled The Slave in European Art, Charles Robertson discusses the Dying Slave in the context of real slavery in Italy during the time of the Renaissance. Fourteen reproductions of the Dying Slave adorn the top storey of the 12th arrondissement police station in Paris. Although Art Deco in style, the building was designed in 1991 by architects Manuel Núñez Yanowsky and Miriam Teitelbaum.” (Dying Slave, Wikipedia)

Mercure

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Mercure d'après Giambologna, 1574-1700 Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Safe shipping

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Preparing artworks for safe shipping
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Pyramide inversée

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La Pyramide inversée (The Inverted Pyramid)
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“The Louvre Pyramide inversée (Inverted Pyramid) is a skylight constructed in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall in front of the Louvre Museum in France. It may be thought of as a smaller sibling of the more famous Louvre Pyramid proper, yet turned upside down: its upturned base is easily seen from outside.” (Pyramide inversée, Wikipedia)

The lion and the flags

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Lion assis by Auguste Cain, 1884
Right gate of the Eastern façade
Hôtel de Ville
Rue de Lobau
Quartier Saint-Gervais, 4th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005