A video of an amazing room within the Louvre.

Some more Louvre action.

Courage the Cowardly Dog - So in Louvre Are We Two

The Inspector This one is for me m8 Bing

A photo montage of Paris . in black and white

Out in about in Paris .

Paris. Dedicated to my french friends Chris and Jenny for showing us Paris

Walking Backwards Day - "Marcher Reculons" - is celebrated on the first Wednesday of January every year in Paris.

16th century

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1502 (during the Italian Renaissance) and, according to Vasari, completed it in four years. Leonardo took the painting from Italy to France   more...in 1516 when King François I invited the painter to work at the Clos Lucé near the king's castle in Amboise. The King bought the painting for 4,000 écus and kept it at Fontainebleau, where it remained until moved by Louis XIV.

It has for a long time been argued that after Leonardo's death the painting was cut down by having part of the panel at both sides removed. Early copies depict columns on both sides of the figure. Only the edges of the bases can be seen in the original.[3] However, some art historians, such as Martin Kemp, now argue that the painting has not been altered, and that the columns depicted in the copies were added by the copyists. The latter view was bolstered during 2004 and 2005 when an international team of 39 specialists undertook the most thorough scientific examination of the Mona Lisa yet undertaken. Beneath the frame (the current one was fitted to the Mona Lisa in 2004) there was discovered a "reserve" around all 4 edges of the panel. A reserve is an area of bare wood surrounding the gessoed and painted portion of the panel. That this is a genuine reserve, and not the result of removal of the gesso or paint is demonstrated by a raised edge still existing around the gesso, the result of build up from the edge of brush strokes at the edge of the gesso area.

The reserve area, which was likely to have been as much as 20 mm originally appears to have been trimmed at some point probably to fit a frame (we know that in the 1906 framing it was the frame itself which was trimmed, not the picture, so it must have been earlier), however at no point has any of Leonardo's actual paint been trimmed. Therefore the columns in early copies must be inventions of those artists, or copies of another (unknown) studio version of Mona Lisa. The round objects each side of the sill remain as mysterious as so much of this painting
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (pronounciation (help·info), April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer.

He was born and raised near Vinci, Italy, the illegitimate son of a notary, Messer Piero, and a peasant woman, Caterina. He had no surname in the modern sense, "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci". His full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci."

Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man", a man whose seemingly infinite curiosity was equalled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.[2]

It is primarily as a painter that Leonardo was and is renowned. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper occupy unique positions as the most famous, the most illustrated and most imitated portrait and religious painting of all time. Their fame is approached only by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also iconic.

As an engineer, Leonardo conceived ideas vastly ahead of his own time, conceptually inventing a helicopter, a tank, the use of concentrated solar power, a calculator, a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics, the double hull, and many others. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were feasible during his lifetime.[3] Some of his smaller inventions such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire entered the world of manufacturing unheralded.

He greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics, and the study of water. Of his works, perhaps 15 paintings survive,[4] together with his notebooks, which co  less

WARNING: Statues and Art do contain nudity for those that may get offending. As well please note there is video of Mummies

Eiffel Tower - We actually arrived 45 minutes prior to the opening to go inside.   more...I'm glad we did because the line just continued to get bigger and bigger as we waited. The day before there was easily a two hour wait.

A lot of walking on our way to the Louvre -
Through the walk, we went through Place De La Concorde, most infamous public square where several beheading took place (Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette to name a few). In the center of the square, you will see Obelisque de Luxor from Eqypt. In addition we walk through Tuileries Gardens.
Places of interest is Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, The Winged Victory of Samothrace, Capitol of Apadana, Medieval Moat

Day 2 we also went to Notre Dome, however my battery died, therefor I will make a special video for Notre Dome by itself since we went back the following day for video (more)  less

Paris is the capital city of France. It is situated on the River Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region. Modern Paris is the result of a vast mid-19th-century urban remodeling.   more...For centuries it had been a labyrinth of narrow streets and half-timber houses, but beginning in 1852, the Baron Haussmann's vast urbanization leveled entire quarters to make way for wide avenues lined with neo-classical stone buildings of bourgeoisie standing; most of this new Paris is the Paris we see today. In this video you will admire the major attractions of the Capital City like the Arc de Triomphe, the Sacré Coeur, the Champs-Élysées, the Eiffel Tower and the Opéra Garnier.
Visit http://www.Abfition.com for more information on History.  less

Code DaVinci (Francais) - www.centre-partage.com avec Allan Rich

A montage of Paris through the eyes of a Tourist.

A sampling of scanned photos of a 10 day car trip through Europe via the channel ferry in England.
Photos taken in Dover, England,
Lens, Paris, Versailles and Reims, France,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands,   more...
and Brussels, Belgium.

my first post...trying to conquer editting, better things to come  less

Continue riding North on NM-35, highlight some road hazards, and start talking about my recent trip to France

A 10 minute compilation of visits to the major attractions in Paris France. It was a good trip.