Wednesday, September 16, 2009

night must fall on paris







if you ever run out of ideas when you are redecorating ...





























cat


the old ballroom in the gare d'orsay







metalwork





































signage
















a few bits of old stained glass







blue stuff







what's the french for wurzel gummidge ?



red stuff, green stuff





































what should a discerning librarianette nibble whilst watching all four episodes of lost in austen for the third time ?




some of the astonishing rubens series commissioned by marie de medici to celebrate and legitimize her regency of the french throne


... after her husband's unfortunate assassination

in the louvre ... the big (next?) version of the national gallery's picture by the anonymous master of the saint bartholomew altarpiece


!!! not ingres but gericault !!! predicting/preceding balthus

































and here's a sharper image of the strange little painting from the louvre's website ...















insouciance