Monday 11 April 2011

La Maréchalerie

This, ladies and gents, is the back of the king's small stables, which I showed you here. It is also now la Maréchalerie, Versailles' contemporary art centre, linked to the school of architecture. There's stained glass today on Artsy Versailles.

Mesdames et messieurs, voici les petites écuries du roi vues de l'autre côté. C'est surtout maintenant la Maréchalerie, le centre d'art contemporain, lié à l'ENSA-V. Il y a un vitrail ce jour sur Artsy Versailles.

24 comments:

SRQ said...

Beautiful! Love this perspective.

Bob Crowe said...

I like the domes in this style of architecture. It's such a nice way to relate the building to the sky. Nicely framed here by the trees.

Lowell said...

A gorgeous building in lush surroundings. And a good way to build a stable path for artists and students! :-)

Anonymous said...

what a beautiful environment, thoughts and work surely will be reflected by the students.

please have a good new week.

Randy said...

Nice shot. The building is nice but the trees really stole my attention. I wonder how old they are.

Anonymous said...

The dome is, well, incredible. Perfectly framed by those trees. I found this amazing old abandoned amusement park today that had similarly enormous trees.

EG CameraGirl said...

Even the back of the stables is fantastic! I can see why you like taking photos at the palace.

Olivier said...

il est beau ce dome et j'aime la couleur du batiment, les couleurs font tres sud de la france

Small City Scenes said...

Looks great. Wow the back of the stable. Good for the horses and now the students. MB

Bergson said...

beau cadre végétal

Cergie said...

Je ne sais quoi admirer le plus : le ciel et la coupole plombés, les volumes, la lumière, la douceur des teintes ou les troncs vénérables ; alors je vais m'en tirer d'une pirouette :

Quand le maréchal rit
Dans la maréchalerie
Tous les maréchals (?) rient
Dans la maréchalerie


Alain said...

Un faux air d'église byzantine...

VP said...

An interesting building. Contemporary art center? What a waste...

Cezar and Léia said...

I'm sure Marina will be crazy visiting there!
She is really thinking of Architecture but she still has one year ahead to decide.

Léia

Malyss said...

J'aime bien ce mot desuet, marechalerie..L'architecture est interessante, avec ses domes et ses decalés.

Birdman said...

Nice composition on this one.

Virginia said...

That is some fancy schmancy stables Ciel! :)
V

Magpie said...

Stables..as in horses? It was good to be king. Beautiful.

Sharon said...

Beautifully framed, Ciel, by the two large trees. Your composition is quite good.

Sharon

Clueless in Boston said...

The horses must have been very well treated to live in such a great place.

Unknown said...

Wonderful building and I also love the big tree trunks in the foreground.

Loree said...

What a beautiful building. The architecture is superb. Those were some lucky horses.

T. Becque said...

Great architecture and nature - two of my favorites.

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