Trileigh & Rob's Most Excellent Sabbatical Log

Paris

We're currently in Paris, staying with my friend Peggy, who's known me since before I was born since her parents and mine were best friends at the time. Peggy owns a tea room/restaurant in a Paris "gallerie" called "A priori The". We've been hiking miles around the city each day, eating wonderful bread and cheese for many meals.


One of our "academy" seminar topics had to do with opinions about the difference between the spirits of Greek versus derivative Roman sculpture. Fortunately we had the freakin' Louvre conveniently at hand in order to test the theory. We went in the evening when the crowds were down so we actually got to see the portrait of Lisa Gherardini up close and personal. That was pretty special.



But also the structure of the tension-compression system that supported the famous pyramid as fascinating, and quite a contrast to all the classical work:

posted by robduisberg @ 4:30 AM