PARIS
My Favorite Museum So Far
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| Musée de Cluny |
The Cluny Museum--officially known as Musée national du Moyen Âge, or National Museum of the Middle Ages--has been on my radar for a while. I love medieval art, its inventiveness and its sumptuousness. I won't babble on--there will be little context--but I'll show some pieces that caught my attention.
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Portland Art Museum has a reliquary somewhat like this.
Check it out. |
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| Man on cell phone |
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| I can't explain what is happening here. |
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| Sundial (duh) |
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Six tapestries, known collectively as the Lady and the Unicorn, are on display. This is the most popular work in the Cluny collection. I spent quite a bit of time in this room. Here is a link to a Wikipedia article about the tapestries with far better pictures.
The Lady and the Unicorn
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| Hello dere. |
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| John the Baptist's head on a platter. Jeepers. |
RANDOM SHOTS OF THE DAY:
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A display in a Parisian version of a Big'N'Tall store.
Is it just me? Or is this insulting to the clientele?
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On the way back to the hotel, I found this.
It may be the work of Ememem, a street artist who fills
in the cracks of French streets with small mosaics.
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Very nice!! And you made it to another museum!! Dolores
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