Saturday, May 30, 2009

More Paris Photos (because ONE post on Paris just ISN'T enough!!)!!

Here are a few MORE pictures from our AWESOME trip to Paris last weekend!!!! Tres magnifique!!!!


Duane at the cafe we found on the way to the Louvre


The pyramid entry foyer at the Louvre

The Winged Victory

There were a lot of GREAT sculptures/statues at the Louvre!!!

Yep...CLASSIC pieces of...art...

I liked them...A LOT...!!!


The garden at the back of Notre Dame


A butterfly in the garden behind Notre Dame


the Eiffel Tower in the distance from the Arc de Triomphe

Sculpture on the Arc de Triomphe

Me and Scott (our friend from the flight!)


The Eiffel Tower


A closer shot of the Eiffel Tower

Me, with my "Eiffel Tower" hat!!!

Sacre Coeur


Me at Painter's Square in Monmartre

A house in Monmartre

A cafe in Monmartre



 Alexandre Cabanel - "Death of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta"- 1870


Jean Delville, "L'Ecole de Platon" (Plato's School)- 1898

One of the period rooms at the Orsay


Vincent Van Gogh, "Chaumes de Cordeville a Auvers-sur-Oise"- 1890

Gustave Caillebotte, "Vue de Toits (Effet de Neige)"- 1878

the fountain in the Luxembourg Gardens


Another view of the fountain

2 comments:

Johnny said...

The two lovers aren't Romeo and Juliet but Paolo and Francesca, other two tragic Italian lovers. The painting is by Alexandre Cabanel, author of the beautiful Birth of Venus, in Musée d'Orsay too.

Jeff S. said...

Fabulous! Thanks Johnny!!!