The color creates a sort of moving painting, using light as its medium. The color appears to be warm and soft, but running a hand over the stone, it is cold and illusory.
The Tomb Of Le Duc d’Enghien
This tomb is located in the Gothic chapel that is on the compound of the Château Vincennes.
Winged Victory
The Winged Victory of Samothrace is that one piece in the Louvre that is constant.
Michelangelo At The Louvre
The Louvre is not a place I would instinctively visit to see work by the famous sculptor Michelangelo Buonarotti.
Shakespeare & Company
There comes a time during any English speaker’s sojourn to Paris when a pang of homesickness might hit. It might not be a pang for the actual home, but maybe just a pang for the language …
A Short History of Saint-Denis
A little history of this most famous cathedral …
Mona Lisa
A woman of mystery [...]
Beauvais
A visit to a cathedral that is held together with scaffolding and rebar …
Saint-Denis Basilica
My first stop in Paris is always Saint-Denis …
Misstic is Mysterious
A mysterious and witty graffiti artist that has been stenciling the streets of Paris for at least twenty years. What is it that makes her so fascinating?
