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Sunday 5 September 2010

L'Amour taillant son arc


Yesterday the temple, today the statue (the reason why I asked you for patience!), a copy of cupid fashioning a bow out of the club of Hercules (1750). The original statue by Edmé Bouchardon is now kept at the Louvre museum in Paris.
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Hier le temple, aujourd'hui la statue, une copie de l'oeuvre d'Edmé Bouchardon conservée au Louvre à Paris : l'amour taillant son arc dans la massue d'Hercule (1750).

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21 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/9/10 00:51

    The statue is beautiful and the details in the temple are amazing. I could spend hours with a zoom lens just capturing the details.

    Yes, we get an 'extra' day this weekend :-) I intended to extend it by taking Friday off, but the threat of Hurricane Earl put that off (thankfully, we got nothing). Maybe I'll take Tuesday off and have a 3 day week next week, the way all weeks should be!

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  2. Lowell5/9/10 02:03

    I must have missed this at the Louvre, too! Sheesh! Is it true that some women find Cupid erotic? ;-))

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  3. akarui5/9/10 04:26

    Je me souviens bien de ce temple et sa statue. Tu les as magnifiquement prises.
    Pour le livre j'y pense...

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  4. Kaori5/9/10 06:25

    So this was what he was doing! Beautiful statue! And that second photo is gorgeous :D

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  5. Small City Scenes5/9/10 08:27

    Ah, so beautiful. Nice capture. MB

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  6. VP5/9/10 09:47

    I hope Hercules will take this well...

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  7. Malyss5/9/10 10:27

    I faudrait qu'il soit un peu plus à ce qu'il fait, il regarde ailleurs, il va finir par se faire mal...Ü
    La statue et l'endroit sont si romantiques! Il y a une légende autour de cette histoire?Je sais qu'Hercule avait perdu sa bien-aimée par sa faute, c'est lié à ça?

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  8. Elisa N Viajes5/9/10 14:43

    Quelle beauté Ciel, j´adore!

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  9. EG CameraGirl5/9/10 16:01

    The statue is wonderful! Such a handsome guy!

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  10. Lowell5/9/10 16:59

    Re reflections: I've been learning from you!

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  11. Cezar and Léia5/9/10 17:04

    Thanks so much for introducing the wonderful sculpture by the artist Edmé Bouchardon,wow XVIII century!
    This statue is lovely and I just need to see it at the Louvre!
    Hugs
    Léia

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  12. Leslie D.5/9/10 17:14

    Wonderful. I don't recall Edme Bouchardon, but love this Cupid. Now I'll have to look him up. Also fascinating about the whimsical origin of Versaille history!

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  13. Birdman5/9/10 17:19

    Good to see Cupid at work! I knew there was more to him then just shooting arrows and watching people fall in love. Cool guy!

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  14. SRQ5/9/10 17:24

    Wonderful! Beautiful statue which you captured well.

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  15. BlossomFlowerGirl5/9/10 17:26

    Lovely statue and great shot. I wonder - did Cupid ever have any successes?

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  16. Randy5/9/10 17:41

    That really is beautiful and that blue sky is amazing!

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  17. Olivier5/9/10 17:47

    que faut il pas faire par amour...un bel endroit pour les amoureux

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  18. Anonymous5/9/10 18:35

    Worth waiting for Cupid. Even the copy of the statue is wonderful.

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  19. Tammie Lee5/9/10 20:04

    absolutely gorgeous~

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  20. BaysideLife6/9/10 14:48

    Just lovely. Even though a copy, it is a stunning sculpture.

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  21. Unknown10/9/10 17:46

    Beautiful Love Temple and great compositions, Ciel!

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