“L'Harmonie triomphant de la Discorde” (Harmony triumphing over Discord)
Quadriga by Georges Récipon, Grand Palais
Avenue du Général-Eisenhower
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2009
See also: L'Immortalité devançant le Temps (Immortality outstripping Time)
I was intrigued by the foot that appears under the right hind leg of the horse in the foreground. So I looked up this statue and viewed it from several front angles. I like that your photo view shows part of the rear of statue, with the gold on the wheel spokes and the gold on the winged lion! Interesting that L'Harmonie is a male (as are all the horses) and the Discorde that is being trampled is a woman! Should I read anything into this beyond the fact that the statue itself is amazing...in it's creation and possibly it's statement!?! I suppose women can be discordant however.....!!!!! LOL
ReplyDelete@ Theanne - You showed me this monument in a completely new light...
ReplyDeleteYes, that IS a new light indeed!
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