Tag Archives: Baron Haussmann

behold the roots of heaven

Bernini. Behold the roots of Heaven: they are made of stone. …. If Rome, a city where the monuments of successive civilizations coexist as peacefully as museum exhibits, seems to appear to us today mainly in seventeenth-century garb, the illusion … Continue reading

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full louvre fever

While the cruelties of the French Revolution were taking place, and the young Republic was fighting for survival, the National Convention did not forget its museum. On August 10, 1793, the Grand Galerie was opened, and not only were masterpieces … Continue reading

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FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

Almost all of Marcel Proust’s novel ”Remembrance of Things Past” takes place in Paris. The presence of the city saturates the novel the way moisture saturates the air and determines its atmospheric pressure. There is likely no other city as … Continue reading

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