Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
01 October, 2011
Limeuil - the two bridges
Limeuil is a medieval walled village at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézère Rivers. There are two bridges built at right angle in 1891.
30 September, 2011
Font de Gaume, France
Time to go prehistoric, and visit the Font de Gaume cave near Les Eyzies, in Dordogne, France, and see the wall paintings.
Discovered in 1901, the cave has a high, narrow main gallery and several side passages. It contains about 230 engraved and painted figures, including 82 bison, horses, mammoths, reindeer, a woolly rhinoceros, and a wolf. Its most famous images are a leaping horse and a scene in which a male reindeer licks the forehead of a female.
The artists who created the figures at Font-de-Gaume extensively incorporated the cave’s natural relief, which give their paintings a three-dimensional quality. The animals were painted in shades of red, brown, and black, and were sometimes superimposed on earlier pictures, making it possible to discern a chronological sequence of artistic development. Most of the paintings probably date to the mid-Magdalenian Period of Paleolithic art (about 14,000 years ago), though some may be older.
Discovered in 1901, the cave has a high, narrow main gallery and several side passages. It contains about 230 engraved and painted figures, including 82 bison, horses, mammoths, reindeer, a woolly rhinoceros, and a wolf. Its most famous images are a leaping horse and a scene in which a male reindeer licks the forehead of a female.
The artists who created the figures at Font-de-Gaume extensively incorporated the cave’s natural relief, which give their paintings a three-dimensional quality. The animals were painted in shades of red, brown, and black, and were sometimes superimposed on earlier pictures, making it possible to discern a chronological sequence of artistic development. Most of the paintings probably date to the mid-Magdalenian Period of Paleolithic art (about 14,000 years ago), though some may be older.
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28 September, 2011
Bergerac and Shutters
Gina was fascinated by Bergerac - the architecture, the shutters, the bridge, and the toy shop
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| Toy Shop, Bergerac |
26 September, 2011
Exploring France...
Bergerac is situated in the heart of the Périgord Dordogne region, on
the west coast of France. The city of Bergerac has wonderful elegant Renaissance buildings from
medieval times.
Bergerac is renowned for its wine. It kind of reminded Gina, of Napier and Hastings, with all the vineyards around.
Gina was intrigued by the shutters, as we don't have them in New Zealand.
Gina was intrigued by the shutters, as we don't have them in New Zealand.
25 September, 2011
Paris, and culture
Gina put on her walking shoes and discovered Notre Dame, Obelisk of Luxor, Place de la Concorde, and Assemblee Nationale.
24 September, 2011
Tourist time
Breakfast first, and then off to appreciate some art for the day...
Visited the Egyptian section, just for Tighe...
22 September, 2011
Paris and Versailles Palace
You don't get this in New Zealand...
The gardens were manicured and huge!
The doors were incredibly detailed.
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