Friday, August 31, 2012
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower by Robert Lee Dean, 1989
American Embassy
Grosvenor Square
London, October 2009
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Colonnade
Classical colonnade and pond
Parc Monceau
Boulevard de Courcelles
Quartier de l'Europe, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Capitoline Venus
“Venere capitolina” (Capitoline Venus)
Palazzo Nuovo
Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums)
Rome, May 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Bertolt Brecht
Statue of Bertolt Brecht by Fritz Cremer
Berliner Ensemble
Bertolt-Brecht-Platz
Berlin, September 2011
Monday, August 27, 2012
Wards Island Bridge
Wards Island Bridge (103rd Street Footbridge)
Across the Harlem River to Wards Island
New York, September 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2012
France of the Renaissance
From right to left:
“La France à la Renaissance” by Jules Coutan
Pont Alexandre III
“L'Harmonie triomphant de la Discorde” (Harmony triumphing over Discord) Quadriga by Georges Récipon
Grand Palais
“Renommée des Sciences” (Fame of the Sciences) by Emmanuel Frémiet
Pont Alexandre III
Paris, July 2012
See also: France of Louis XIV - L'Harmonie triomphant - Fame of the Sciences
Saturday, August 25, 2012
In hoc signo vinces
“In hoc signo vinces” (In this sign you will conquer)
Chiesa di San Gioacchino in Prati (Church of St. Joachim, Prati)
Via Pompeo Magno
Rome, May 2011
Friday, August 24, 2012
Berlin Potsdamer Platz
Bahnhof Berlin Potsdamer Platz (Berlin Potsdamer Platz station)
Potsdamer Platz
Berlin, September 2011
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Red Church
“Red Church” by Eleonora Aguiari
(A red silhouette of the nearby Christ Church)
Bishops Square, Spitalfields
London, October 2009
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Cupidon armé et coeur rouge
Cupidon armé et coeur rouge (Armed Cupid and red heart)
“Ceux qui s'éveillent sont le cauchemar de ceux qui dorment encore”
(Those who get awake are the nightmare of those still sleeping)
Rue Gozlin, off Boulevard Saint-Germain
Quartier Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Adriatic Sea
Detail of the fountain of the Adriatic Sea by Ettore Ferrari
Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland)
Piazza Venezia
Rome, May 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Martin Luther
Statue of Martin Luther by Paul Otto, 1893
Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church)
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
Berlin, September 2011
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Wallenberg Memorial
“Hope”, memorial to Raoul Wallenberg by Gustav Kraitz, 1998
First Avenue / 47th Street
New York, September 2008
See also: Raoul Wallenberg (London)
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Life of the Virgin
“Scenes from the Life of the Virgin” by Antonio Gherardi, 1670
Santa Maria in Trivio
Piazza dei Crociferi, rione Trevi
Rome, May 2012
Santa Maria in Trivio
Piazza dei Crociferi, rione Trevi
Rome, May 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Raoul Wallenberg
Memorial to Raoul Wallenberg by Philip Jackson, 1997
Great Cumberland Place, City of Westminster
London, October 2009
See also: Wallenberg Memorial (New York)
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi by Vincenzo Cochi, 1907
Square Garibaldi
Quartier de Grenelle, 15th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012
See also: Garibaldi in Rome - Garibaldi - Garibaldi in Venice
Monday, August 13, 2012
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Monument to Gian Lorenzo Bernini by Ettore Ferrari
Via delle Mercede
Rome, May 2012
Qui visse e morì Gianlorenzo Bernini sovrano dell'arte al quale si chinarono riverenti papi, principi, popoli | (Here lived and died Gianlorenzo Bernini, sovereign of art before whom popes, princes, and peoples reverently bowed) |
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Klio
“Klio” (Clio, the muse of history) by Albert Wolff
Nikolaikirchplatz, Nikolaiviertel
Berlin, September 2011
Saturday, August 11, 2012
David Blaine
David Blaine in “Dive of Death”
Wollman Rink, Central Park
New York, September 2008
See also: Dive of Death - Above the Below
Friday, August 10, 2012
Bees Hotel
Hôtel à Abeilles (Bees Hotel)
Jardin des plantes
Quartier du Jardin-des-Plantes, 5th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Apotheosis of Saint Louis
“Apotheosis of Saint Louis”, ceiling fresco by Charles-Joseph Natoire
Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi (Church of St. Louis of the French)
Piazza di San Luigi de' Francesi
Rome, May 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Les autres
L'enfer, c'est les autres (Hell is other people)
Graffiti quoting “Huis Clos” (No Exit) by Jean-Paul Sartre
Avenue de Verdun / Passage Com K10
Quartier de l'Hôpital-Saint-Louis, 10th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Nicolas Poussin
Monument to Nicolas Poussin, bust by Paul Lemoyne, relief by Louis Desprez
(Donated by Chateaubriand) San Lorenzo in Lucina (St Lawrence's at Lucina)
Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina
Rome, May 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Der Rufer
Straße des 17. Juni
Berlin, September 2011
Ich gehe durch die Welt, und rufe “Friede, Friede, Friede”
(I wander through the world, and cry: peace, peace, peace)
I’ vo gridando: pace, pace, pace
Francesco Petrarca 1304-1374
External links: Stentor - Italia mia
Friday, August 3, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Fers
“Fers” (Irons), homage to Général Alexandre Dumas by Driss Sans-Arcidet (Musée Khômbol), 2009
Place du Général-Catroux
Quartier de la Plaine-de-Monceaux, 17th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011
See also: D'Artagnan - Alexandre Dumas, fils