Saturday, April 28, 2012

Tigresse apportant un paon à ses petits

Tigresse apportant un paon à ses petits, Tigress bringing a peacock to its young by Auguste Cain, Tuileries Garden, Paris

“Tigresse apportant un paon à ses petits” (Tigress bringing a peacock to its young) by Auguste Cain, 1873
Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Garden)
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2011

See also: Tigre terrassant un crocodile - Le lion de Nubie

Friday, April 27, 2012

Macuteo Obelisk

Macuteo obelisk, fountain by Filippo Barigioni, piazza della Rotonda, Rome

Macuteo obelisk
Fountain by Filippo Barigioni
Piazza della Rotonda
Rome, September 2010

See also: Obelisk of Montecitorio - Quirinale Obelisk - Minerveo Obelisk External links: List of obelisks in Rome

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Haus des Lehrers

Haus des Lehrers, House of Teachers by Hermann Henselmann, Alexanderstraße, Berlin

Haus des Lehrers (House of Teachers) by Hermann Henselmann
Alexanderstraße
Berlin, September 2011

See also: Völkerfreundschaft - Urania-Weltzeituhr - Alexanderhaus - Berolinahaus

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Basilica of San Michele

San Michele in Foro, piazza San Michele, Lucca

San Michele in Foro
Piazza San Michele
Lucca, March 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Garde républicaine

Cavalry of the Garde républicaine, French Republican Guard, Avenue de Friedland, Paris

Cavalry of the Republican Guard (Garde républicaine)
Avenue de Friedland
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011

See also: Plumed Helmet Search labels: 14 juillet

Monday, April 23, 2012

Newton

Newton after William Blake by Eduardo Paolozzi, British Library piazza, London

“Newton” by Eduardo Paolozzi, 1995
(After William Blake's Newton, 1795)
British Library piazza
Euston Road
London, January 2008

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Germania

Germania pinning underfoot a panther, Bismarck Memorial by Reinhold Begas, Tiergarten, Berlin

“Germania pinning underfoot a panther, symbolizing the suppression of discord and rebellion”
Bismarck Memorial by Reinhold Begas
Tiergarten
Berlin, September 2011

See also: A Sibyl - Atlas - Siegfried