Nazru in Paris, 17-21 August 2017.

Nazru in Paris, 17-21 August 2017. <![CDATA[1. At home.]]>

<![CDATA[1. At home.]]>

<![CDATA[2. Same place, different t-shirt.]]>

<![CDATA[3. Carrousel du Louvre mall, waiting for the opening of the Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[4. Modern version of Atlas.]]>

<![CDATA[5. Practicing a smile on the way to Mona Lisa. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[6. Private meeting between Nazru and Mona Lisa, with his, sorry, her, body guards. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[7. Closeup. Mona is ready to sit for Nazru (see next photo). Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[8. Taking a photo of Mona Lisa. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[9. Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467-1516): [Closeup of] The Virgin with the Child, Saint Joan the Baptist and Saint Sebastian, and two donors, aka. Pala Casio. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[10. Carlo Braccesco (1478-1501): [Closeup of the] Central part of a tryptich. The Annunciation. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[11. Nazru at the Consecration of Napoléon I in the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, 2 Dec. 1804. Painting by Jacques-Louis DAVID, 1806-1807. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[12. Nazru and Napoléon I on the battlefield of Eylau, 9 Feb. 1807. Painted by Antoine Jean Baron GROS (1771-1835). Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[13. Saying hello from afar (hugging is a bit difficult for her) to the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[14. Tray (closeup). Germany, midst of 17th cent. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[15. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[16.]]>

<![CDATA[17. Double goddess. Ca. 650-630 BC. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[18. Two profiles. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[19. Head of a man. Ca. 1300 BC. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[20. Same, plus head of another man.]]>

<![CDATA[21. ]]>

<![CDATA[22. The Inspector of the scribes Raherka and his wife Merséânkh. Ca. 2350 BC. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[23. The Seated Scribe. 2600-2350 BC. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[24. The Goddess Nephthys mourning Osiris. 22nd dynasty, 945-715 BC. . Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[25. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[26. The Venus of Milo doesn't shake hands nor hugs. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[27. Melopmene, the Muse of tragedy. 1st cent. BC - 1st cent. CE. Found in Rome in 1496. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[28. Decorative plaques. Egypt, Cairo, 11th cent. Musée du Louvre.]]>

<![CDATA[29. Although it's not raining in the métro, one is never too careful.]]>

<![CDATA[30. In the métro.]]>

<![CDATA[31. The Grand Mosque of Paris.]]>

<![CDATA[32. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[33. In the restaurant of the Grand Mosque.]]>

<![CDATA[34. Overlooking the Seine.]]>

<![CDATA[35. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[36. Same. In the far back: the City Hall (Hôtel de Ville).]]>

<![CDATA[37. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[38. In the garden of the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral.]]>

<![CDATA[39. Waiting for the bus.]]>

<![CDATA[40. Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.]]>

<![CDATA[41. Inside the cathedral.]]>

<![CDATA[42. Gothic arches. Notre Dame de Paris.]]>

<![CDATA[43. A reduced model of Notre Dame de Paris inside Notre Dame de Paris.]]>

<![CDATA[44. Shakespeare and Company.]]>

<![CDATA[45. Same (blowup).]]>

<![CDATA[46. Wallace fountain.]]>

<![CDATA[47. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[48. Rue du Chat-qui-pêche (Street of the Fishing Cat), the narrowest street of Paris.]]>

<![CDATA[49. Same (blowup).]]>

<![CDATA[50. Lapérouse, one of the fanciest restaurants.]]>

<![CDATA[51. Same, closer.]]>

<![CDATA[52. Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris.]]>

<![CDATA[53. On the bridge.]]>

<![CDATA[54. The (in)famous so-called love locks. Is love a prison?]]>

<![CDATA[55. Same (closeup). ]]>

<![CDATA[56. Statue of King Henri IV. Far left: the Louvre museum.]]>

<![CDATA[57. On the bridge.]]>

<![CDATA[58. Waiting to enter the Orsay Museum (impressionists and post-impressionists).]]>

<![CDATA[59. Behind one of the two large clocks. Far right: the Montmartre hill. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[60. Nazru attending the Lunch on the Grass by Édouard Manet (1862-1873).]]>

<![CDATA[61. F. Gaudin. 1893. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[62. Behind the other clock. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[63. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[64. Above the main hall. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[65. Albert Robida: The Embelishment of Paris by the Metropolitan. 1886. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[66. Boleslas Biegas: The Nostalgy of the Poor. Ca. 1905. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[67. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[68. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Richard Guino: Venus Victrix. 1913-1915. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[69. Henri Rousseau, known as Le Douanier Rousseau: The War, also known as The Ride of Discord. Ca. 1894. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[70. Joseph Bernard: Dancing Fawn. 1912. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[71. Adolfo Wildt: Vir temporis acti, also known as Uomo antico. 1921. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[72. Auguste Rodin: Fugit Amor. 1881. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[73. (front) Lucien Schnegg: Autoportrait. 1912. (back) Lucien Schnegg: Jane Poupelet. 1901-1903. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[74. Leopold Chauveau: Monster. 1908-10. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[75. Leopold Chauveau: Monster. Before 1921. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[76. (front) Émile Antoine Bourdelle: Fighter. 1902-1905. (back) Jean Escoula: Pain. Ca. 1890. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[77. Albert Bartholomé: Monument to Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Philosophy, Truth, Nature) (closeup). 1910. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[78. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[79. Sir Alfred Drury: Spirit of the Night. 1905. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[80. Marianne Stokes: The Young Girl and Death. Ca. 1908. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[81. Franz von Stuck. The Expulsion from Paradise. Ca. 1890. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[82. (left) Hippolyte Moulin: Found in Pompei. 1863. (right) Alexandre Falguière: Winner at a cock fight. 1864. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[83. Eugène Guillaume: The Gracchi. 1855. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[84. Jules Cavelier: Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi. 1861. Musée d'Orsay.]]>

<![CDATA[85. Banks of the Seine.]]>

<![CDATA[86. Alexandre III bridge. Far back: Le Grand Palais.]]>

<![CDATA[87. Niki de Saint Phalle: Gardens of the Archipelago of the Banks of the Seine.]]>

<![CDATA[88. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[89. Banks of the Seine. Far back: the Eiffel Tower.]]>

<![CDATA[90. Most common activity in the vicinity of the Eiffel Tower.]]>

<![CDATA[91. At the foot of the Eiffel Tower.]]>

<![CDATA[92. Non-selfie.]]>

<![CDATA[93. Selfie.]]>

<![CDATA[94. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[95. Yet another one.]]>

<![CDATA[96. Yet another non-selfie.]]>

<![CDATA[97. Garden of the Palais de Chaillot.]]>

<![CDATA[98. Palais de Chaillot (partial view).]]>

<![CDATA[99. Same (blowup).]]>

<![CDATA[100. Arc de Triomphe.]]>

<![CDATA[101. In the museum of the Arc de Triomphe (1st floor).]]>

<![CDATA[102. On the top of the Arc de Triomphe. Far back: Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[103. On the top of the Arc de Triomphe. Far back: the Eiffel Tower.]]>

<![CDATA[104. Guess what.]]>

<![CDATA[105. On the top of the Arc de Triomphe.]]>

<![CDATA[106. The house of Nicolas Flamel, 1407.]]>

<![CDATA[107. The Pompidou Center.]]>

<![CDATA[108. Fountain of the Innocents (1547-1550), by architect Pierre Lescot and sculptor Jean Goujon.]]>

<![CDATA[109. Closer view of the same, in black and white.]]>

<![CDATA[110. (front) Columns by Daniel Buren (1986). (back) Theater of the Comédie-Française (founded 1680), Richelieu hall (1799, by architect Victor Louis). Courtyart of the Palais Royal.]]>

<![CDATA[111. Other columns of the Palais Royal.]]>

<![CDATA[112. In the garden of the Palais Royal.]]>

<![CDATA[113. Ogling the strollers. Garden of the Palais Royal.]]>

<![CDATA[114. Galerie (covered passage) Vivienne.1823.]]>

<![CDATA[115. Palais Brongniart, the once Bourse de Paris (stock exchange). 1807-1825.]]>

<![CDATA[116. Passage des Panoramas. 1799-1800.]]>

<![CDATA[117. One typical restaurant there.]]>

<![CDATA[118. Another typical store there.]]>

<![CDATA[119. Back exit of Musée Grévin (wax museum), Passage Jouffroy. 1845.]]>

<![CDATA[120. Same (closeup). The identifications were added on the photo.]]>

<![CDATA[121. La Mère de Famille, oldest chocolate (and now other typical French sweets) of Paris. Est. 1761.]]>

<![CDATA[122. One typical product of the Mère de Famille.]]>

<![CDATA[123. The bag containing the... macarons !]]>

<![CDATA[124. A piece of liquorice from the Mère de Famille.]]>

<![CDATA[125. House with vertical garden.]]>

<![CDATA[126. Bonnat, one of the best French chocolate producers, est. 1884.]]>

<![CDATA[127. The Moulin Rouge cabaret, at the base of the Montmartre hill.1889.]]>

<![CDATA[128. Selecting a pizza.]]>

<![CDATA[129. Waiting for the pizza.]]>

<![CDATA[130. Eating the (hot) pizza.]]>

<![CDATA[131. Street art. Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[132. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[133. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[134. Blute-fin, one of the two Moulins (windmills) de la Galette. Montmartre. 1622.]]>

<![CDATA[135. A cat. Villa Léandre.]]>

<![CDATA[136. The new prime minister making a public declaration to the press. 10 Downing Street, aka. Villa Léandre.]]>

<![CDATA[137. Discreetly glancing at the bust of singer Dalida (Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, 1933-1987). Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[138. Gate of the vinyard of Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[139. A view of the vinyard. Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[140. Van Gogh was here (the painting reproduced here is the Moulin de la Galette).]]>

<![CDATA[141. The Basilique du Sacré Coeur (Holy Heart). Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[142. The Basilica inside the Basilica.]]>

<![CDATA[143. In the garden nearby. Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[144. Chocolate Notre Dame. Near Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[145. Chocolate Arc de Triomphe. Near Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[146. Chocolate Venus de Milo. Near Montmartre.]]>

<![CDATA[147. At last, tasting the...]]>

<![CDATA[148. ...macarons.]]>

<![CDATA[149. Inside the Sainte Chapelle, ground floor. 1248.]]>

<![CDATA[150. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[151. Hall of the Men of Arms. Conciergerie. 13th cent.]]>

<![CDATA[152. Fireplace in the same hall.]]>

<![CDATA[153. Column showing the level of the 1910 flood of the Seine. Hall of the Men of Arms. Conciergerie.]]>

<![CDATA[154. Same (closeup).]]>

<![CDATA[155. Ceiling of the Hall of the Men of Arms. Conciergerie.]]>

<![CDATA[156.Conciergerie (side view).]]>

<![CDATA[157. Main entrance. Château (castle) de Vincennes. 14th-17th cent.]]>

<![CDATA[158. Main entrance (closeup). Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[159. Keep. Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[160. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[161. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[162. Bridge over the moat surrounding the keep.]]>

<![CDATA[163. Bridge from the enceinte of the keep to the keep itself. Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[164. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[165. Wall walk of the enceinte of the keep. Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[166. Sculpted decor of the outside windows of the keep. Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[167. Same.]]>

<![CDATA[168. Ceiling of a room in the keep. Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[169. Letter of the Marquis de Sade (imprisoned in the keep) to his wife. Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[170. Marquis de Mirabeau, Theory of the income tax. 1760. Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[171. Denis Diderot, Letter on the blind to the people who can see. 1749. Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[172. Taking five outside the keep. Château de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[173. Entering the Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[174. Stained glass windows. 16th cent. Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[175. Stained glass windows viewed from above the entrance gate. Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[176. Entrance to the Queen's Oratory. Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[177. Tomb of the Duc d'Enghien. Queen's Oratory. Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[178. Ceiling. Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes.]]>

<![CDATA[179. Tasting a French entrecôte - pommes frites.]]>

<![CDATA[180. Street art.]]>

<![CDATA[181. Music makes the world go around.]]>

<![CDATA[182. Hôtel (town house) de Soubise. 16th cent. Museum of the National Archives.]]>

<![CDATA[183. In the garden of the Museum of the National Archives.]]>