I am taking a blogging break this week, so enjoy the Best of Eye Prefer Paris for the next four days.
I revisited the Petit Palais with my camera in tow last month to shoot so more architectural details, inspired by the shots I took of the ceilings in the garden cupola last year. Sometimes the unexpected shots turn out to be the best ones and the shots of the reflection of the building in the water of the mosaic tiled pond look almost like Impressionist paintings.(The shot above this paragraph and the one below.)
The Petit Palace was built for the 1900 Universal exhibition in tandem with the Grand Palais across the street. Architect Charles Girault based the design on a trapezium shape and it is made up of four wings around a semi-circular garden. Girault also designed the elaborate entrance gate along with the finely detailed wrought iron swags and garlands gracing the banisters of the staircases.
The ceiling of the Dutuit cupola in the southeast wing of the museum was completed just after WWI and painted by artist Maurice Denis who created a composition retracing the history of French art, illustrated by portraits of artists along with their most famous works.
Petit Palais
Ave Winston Churchill, 8th arr.
Metro: Champs Elysees- Clemenceau
http://petitpalais.paris.fr/
Dutiut cupola
In addition to my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, we now offer Eye Prefer New York Tours, 3-hour walking tours of New Yorkís best neighborhoods including Soho, Meatpacking/West Village & Tribeca. Tours cost $195 for up to 3 people and $65 for each additional person.Come take a bit of the Big Apple on an Eye Prefer New York Tour!
Come experience my blog ìliveî with my Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I lead. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris. www.eyepreferparistours.com
New! Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes
I am happy to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes. Come take an ethnic culinary journey with me and chef and caterer Charlotte Puckette, co-author of the bestseller The Ethnic Paris Cookbook (with Olivia Kiang-Snaije). First we will shop at a Paris green-market for the freshest ingredients and then return to Charlotteís professional kitchen near the Eiffel Tower to cook a three-course lunch. After, we will indulge in the delicious feast we prepared along with hand-selected wines.
Cost: 185 euros per person (about $240)
Time: 9:30AM- 2PM (approximately 4 1/2 hours)
Location: We will meet by a metro station close to the market
Class days: Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.
Click here to sign up for the next class or for more info.
Just a quick note to say how much I like the reflection photos in this group. Really wonderful. Hope you are having a great time in your "non-blogging" time this week.
Posted by: Bob | October 06, 2011 at 03:08 PM