Paris Grand Palais
I took this photo last week at Grand Palais, where they were showing Egypt’s Sunken Treasures. This huge glass ceiling provides amazing light.
I have posted a slideshow of the photos I took at blip.tv. The music is an extract from Nozze di Figaro by Mozart, “Pian Pianin Le Andrò Più Presso”, Abbado/Wiener Philharmoniker (1994), which can be found here.
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Nice slide show! Since I’m ingnorant, what opera is the duet from?
Comment by tut-tut — March 7, 2007 @ 2:18 pm
Amazing photo. Having seen that ceiling in person, I have to say you captured it perfectly!
Bon Voyage to you on your trip to London and look forward to meeting you very soon now.
Comment by Terri — March 7, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
What would happen to that ceiling in a hailstorm? Beautiful photo.
Comment by Betty — March 7, 2007 @ 10:34 pm
It has happened more than once and the building is still standing.
Comment by Claude — March 8, 2007 @ 12:37 am
That’s beautiful! Please tell me that you will post pics of the exhibit!
Have a good trip, be safe and come back with more pics!
Comment by kenju — March 8, 2007 @ 7:07 am
That roof is amazing since it’s been restored. It was hardly noticeable before that.
Comment by wcs — March 8, 2007 @ 8:50 am
Thanks for letting me know about the slideshow (I feel like an idiot for not realizing it). I enjoyed seeing it. I do hate it when the noses are hacked off…..LOL. The most surprising were the disembodied feet. They were so realistic looking and the statue of the woman with the sheer fabric tunic? Amazing! I could truly believe that there was sheer fabric there, and not stone.
Comment by kenju — March 8, 2007 @ 3:46 pm