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tatues and Monuments, Etc.

 

March 23 - July 1, 2005







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Here's a selection of statues that we found while wandering around Paris. We're sure there is a book about them somewhere, but if there isn't perhaps someone should write it.

Griffin, Blvd San Michel
Griffin, Blvd San Michel
Dinosaur, Jardin des Plantes
Dinosaur, Jardin des Plantes
Stag, Deer, and Doe in Luxembourg Gardens
Stag, Deer, and Doe in Luxembourg Gardens
Rampant Horse Fountain
Rampant Horses, near Observatory
Parc de Bercy
Adam and Eve?. Parc de Bercy
Courtyard, Marie de 15e
How Americans feel when reading the French Press
Golden Maiden, Palais Chaillot
Golden Maiden, Palais Chaillot
Muse, Hotel de Ville
Muse, Hotel de Ville
The Torch of Statue of Liberty
The Torch of Statue of Liberty, Gift of USA to France
Storming of the Bastille
Storming of the Bastille, Place de la Republique
Memorial to Italians
Memorial to Italians who Served and Died in World War I,
Cimetiere Pere Lachaise
Beaumarchais
Beaumarchais
Rue de Rivoli, Marais
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Romantic Author
Lafayette and George Washington
Lafayette and George Washington
General de Gaulle
General de Gaulle, Champs Elysees

We are still not certain, but we believe that the statue of De Gaule was produced b y one of Russia's most infamous sculptors, a man called Tsereteli. In Moscow, he is either lionized or excoriated. He creates enormous sculptures, one of which is on the Moscow River, memorializing Peter the Great's founding of the Russian Navy and his support of voyages of discovery. His works fill a very large self-funded museum in Moscow and the associated restaurant is also decorated with his paintings. The museum contains Tsereteli's statue of Voltaire in which he is surrounded by the books he wrote and the characters he created. Jan liked it, Gerry didn't.

We are fairly certain that this statue of De Gaulle did not exist when last we stayed in Paris in 1999. Are we correct?

Marshall Foch
Marshall Foch, Great WWI General
Citroen among rocks
Citroen among rocks

Is everything up to date in Paris? Of course. Even the notion of a statue has changed and here we see an example.





December 28, 2005