A common type of portraiture found in classical era Paris art museums is the animal-type still-life. These paintings, in contrast to the lively, human-focused paintings from around the period, portray dead animals, either as the immediate result from a hunt or prepared among other inanimate crops as a food source. Despite the rather grim focus, […]
The Art of the Hunt: Still-life Art Read More »
As both a means of filling my blog and a way of exploring the various, ‘less popular’ museums of Paris, I will review some of the museums I have visited so far during the trip. The locations I will explore will be locales not seen by the greater MICEFA group. I will be judging the […]
Nestled in the Musee de la Chasse et de la Nature is a room dedicated to the grisly trophies of sport hunting. Heads from dozens of game animals and various species line the walls of the room, gaping and staring emptily ahead as visitors watch from below. At the very end of the room is head […]
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When traveling throughout the idyllic city of Paris, a common sight is street-level art scattered on building sides, in remote areas, or on abandoned objects. However, by far the most common and most unusual is the art of Invader, a well-known street artist active around the world. This art first appeared in the late 1990s […]
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