europe home
Paris, France paris, we stayed for a few days but where ryan and george finally left and i was on my own. before that, we saw the louvre, the cathedral of notre dame, the eiffel tower at night and a 'my morning jacket' concert at a tiny venue in a park just outside of central paris. on my own i visited musee d'orsay, a converted train station that now houses a wide array of art, mostly impressionism (particularly an excellent monet and van gogh section). the louvre considered impressionism a low form of art and hence did not open its doors to the movement, despite the fact that paris was the melting pot for impressionist art. |
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what happened to that guys head? |
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side facade with rose window |
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back side with crappy garden |
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rose window |
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main altar |
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enormous vaulted ceiling! |
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van gogh |
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self portrait |
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van gogh |
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later self portrait... one of my all time favorites |
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monet |
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world cult world lit anyone? |
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monet |
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one of his many paintings of rouen cathedral |
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musee d'orsay |
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converted train station, the main floor and exhibitions |
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eiffel tower |
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eiffel tower |
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at certain times, blinking lights go off all over the eiffel tower and its pretty amazing |
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louvre |
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venus de milo |
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louvre |
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winged victory of samothrace |
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louvre |
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mona lisa... i guess this painting is pretty famous |
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louvre |
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lion, fiercely |
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the pyramid and outside... this only hints at the enormity of the museum because you cannot see the hallways that extend out probably 10 times as far as the front hallways extend out |
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paris opera house |
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site of the phantom of the opera |
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paris opera house |
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main entrance to the auditorium |
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paris opera house |
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chagall painted the ceiling with an allegory of 10 famous operas |
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paris opera house |
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one allegory, i believe about the phantom of the opera |
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paris opera house |
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hallway |
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paris train station |
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...and then there was one |
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