Horse Armor At Les Invalides, Paris

The last installment of my photos of 'ancient' armor from Les Invalides in Paris.  Most impressive, I think, is the armor of the horse.  The armor weighs hundreds of pounds, and the horn makes the horse dangerous to both enemies and the rider.  Of course, wearing the cone head armor of pictured below, one might wish to be impaled.

Horse Armor Les Invalides

Cone head armor Les Invalides

Breastplate Armor Les Invalides

Ancient Shield Les Invalides

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Opera District in Paris

The Opera District in Paris is uniform in its beauty.  The buildings all look very similar and are exactly the same height (see Napoleon for details on this).  Here are a few photos that I snapped from a rare vantage point in the district...

Opera District Paris

Opera Paris

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Notre Dame Fire Dancers

On my trip to Paris, the Fire Dancers at Notre Dame may have been one of the most surreal moments.  Granted, Zach Weston and I finished off two whole bottles of French red wine, 5 Euro each.  

Notre Dame Fire Dancers

Notre Dame Fire Dancers

Notre Dame Fire Dancers

Notre Dame Fire Dancers

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War, Weapons, and Armor - Armor Les Invalides

War, Weapons, and Armor - Armor Les Invalides.  One of the coolest exhibits I've ever seen was a special exhibit at Les Invalides in Paris.  These pieces were from the Medieval times and earlier.  Notice the progression of shield design.  Which do you think came first?

Very Cool Scaly Shield at Les Invalides Paris

 Ornate Shield at Les Invalides Paris

Armored Helmet at Les Invalides Paris

Full Body Armor at Les Invalides Paris.  Nice bulge.

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A Moment In The Life of the Jardin de Rodin's Odd Statues

A Moment In The Life of the Jardin de Rodin's Odd Statues.

There's a lot to say about Le Jardin de Rodin, and what I'm about to say is probably none of those things.  I visited the famous garden, rich with history and talent, at the very end of my stay in Paris.  A few days prior, I had spent hours picking through the Louvre's historical archives, finding out everything I could about each and every piece of art that I looked at.

My brain hurt.

So, when I came to the Rodin Gardens, I walked around shooting all the interesting works of art when I noticed a theme: there are a ton of odd statues of oddly positioned men in the gardens.  Rodin must have had a thing for humans, bent into strange shapes.  The thinker statue is an icon: almost everyone knows it and it's beautiful.  But when you think about it, a naked man hunched forward with his elbow on his knees isn't the first thing one would expect a sculptor to create.   Of course, the garden topiaries and flowers are art in and of themselves, so I took some shots of the floral beauty of the place.

Enjoy the odds statues interspersed in beautiful gardens...

Le Jardin de Rodin Flowers

Odd Man Statue in Le Jardin de Rodin.  Lifting weights, perhaps?

Odd Statue at Le Jardin de Rodin... annnnnnd BREAK!

Topiary at Le Jardin de Rodin

Finally, the famous Thinker Statue at Le Jardin de Rodin

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Le Jardin de Rodin

Le Jardin de Rodin is one of the hot spots for art in Paris, and is the largest outdoor display of famous works of art that I had ever seen. I wonder how they keep the art so well maintained in an outdoors environment; maybe Rodin is turning over in his grave? It started raining halfway through my visit- I hope the thinker doesn't rust from contemplation!

Here are some photos...

Odd Statue near the Entrance to Le Jardin de Rodin

The Famous 'Thinker' Statue in Le Jardin de Rodin

Fountain at the Le Jardin de Rodin

Flowers in Le Jardin de Rodin

Rodin's Signature Carved into one of the statue bases in Le Jardin de Rodin

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Graffiti in Paris

Graffiti in Paris.  It's all around, but this was one of the coolest examples of graffiti-style art on this building...

 Graffiti in Paris

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Paris Ambulance

Paris Ambulance.  One thing that there are a lot of in Paris are emergency vehicles and sirens.  Here's a hospital that seemed to be the source of a lot of the noise...

 

Paris Ambulance in front of Hospital

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