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| The Mysterious Paris Building |
Those of you that have been reading my blog know that I not only post about my own painting journey and artwork, but I love to introduce a few art topics that I think you might find of interest.
When on our a trip to Paris I couldn't help noticing this very unusual building while on a walk in the 12th arrondissement. I was on an elevated walkway with lots of trees and shrubs and I could only see the top of the building.
The figures on the building looked familiar like, The Dying Slave sculpture by Michelangelo, but I was in a residential section of Paris and this was a modern structure.
I have taken a fair amount of art history/architecture in college, but I was stumped.
Who was the architect and what was this building's intended use?
After some searching on the internet I discovered the blog, Invisible Paris.
Adam, the author of the blog said,
"Seen something in Paris that has caught your eye but remains a mystery, or ever wondered about obscure people or events in the city's past"?
So I emailed him.
And to my surprise and delight, he took the time to solve the mystery!
His response is so thorough with additional pictures, you will be fascinated to learn more.
Here is the link to his marvelous blog post
Challenge 7: Curious figures on the Avenue Daumesnil in Invisible Paris.
Thank you Adam.
You can download his Invisible Paris tours on your IPhone.
2 comments:
so cool Karen... heading over there now (Adam's blog, not Paris- though I wish!) to learn more. Good for you for following up! It is a small world after all!
Yes It is such a small world. Wouldn't you love to see what the apartments look like in the building? And the view looking out on their balcony!
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