One Woman’s Quest to Map the Paris Flea Market.....shared by KJS Chatrath

 

                                             Photo sourced from the New York Times

"One Woman’s Quest to Map the Paris Flea Market"...The New York Times

  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/style/paris-puces-flea-market.html

'Moveable Feast' by Rajnish Wattas

 

 

The movable feast by Rajnish Wattas. The magic of Paris which is hosting the Olympics, unfolds through its itinerary and architectural marvels. The Tribune, Chandigarh, July 27, 2024. 

'Alliance Francaise, Chandigarh' .................by K J S Chatrath

Meet the winners of the photography competition at Alliance Francaise, Chandigarh. The Tribune, Chandigarh, August 24, 2024.+

'Celeberating the World Bikini Day on July 5' by K.J.S.Chatrath

I took this photo a few years back while walking around in Paris.

Non, non, non (In French a 'no' is a 'non'). 'Brasserie' is not the thing worn by ladies for upliftment. That is 'brassiere'. Yes you guessed it right- a French invention. Herminie Cadolle of France is believed to have invented the first modern bra in 1889.

'Brasserie' in French, literally means a 'brewery'. The origin of the word probably stems from the fact that beer was brewed on the premises rather than brought in: thus an inn would brew its own beer as well as supply food and invariably accommodation too. Now a days it denotes a French informal restaurant.

Learning French made easy? No? I mean 'Non'?

"Lives there a man With soul so dead, Who never to himself has said What is a bra? A wonder aid!" (With sincere apologies to Sir Walter Scott) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

French film legend Alain Delon has died at the age of 88..shares K J S Chatrath

 

                              Alain Delon and his co-star Brigitte Bardot...many years back

RIP  Monsieur Alain Delon.

'Face to face with Oedipus Rex in Orsay Museum, Paris' - by K J S Chatrath

 

I visited the Orsay museum Paris, yet once again, last year. I stood before the marble statue  ‘Oedipe a Colone’, admiring it silently. It portrays a scene from one of the Greek Tragedies written by Sophocles. It was chiselled by Jean Huges in 1885.

 

                                          Sophocles, 497-406 B.C. Photo source: Wikipedia

Oedipus becomes the king of Thebes. As the new king, Oedipus Rex married the widowed Queen Jocasta, his own mother. Yet it would be years before the truth would come to light. Oedipus ruled Thebes successfully, and he and Jocasta produced four children, two sons and two daughters.

 Years later when he discovers the truth, and out of tremendous remorse, he gouges out his eyes. Then the blind Oedipus wanders around various places, looked after by his daughter Antigone. 

And now the exact spot in the narrative as portrayed in this statue.

 - Set me on a rock, said Oedipus, and look after your blind father.
- I have fulfilled that duty for so long, Antigone replied sadly, that I no longer need to be told".
To persuade her father there was no bitterness in these words, the girl sits close to him and lays her head gently against his shoulder. Oedipus puts his arm around Antigone, who gazes at the blind man with an adorable expression of tender sadness.

 And then it was time for me to move on to another masterpiece in the museum.

Those interested for a detailed narration and art works depicting different scenes of the play may see https://www.thecollector.com/oedipus-rex-artworks/

                                           

(Text based on information sourced from the internet.) 

 

‘Penelope Asleep’ in the Orsay Museum, Paris- admired by K.J.S.Chatrath

 

 

I was charmed by this marble statue in the Orsay Museum, Paris, that I visited last year. It is named as ‘Penelope Asleep’.  

The sculptor in this statue - originally entitled Greek Woman Asleep - played with the drapery and the picturesque details of chair, basket, and jewelry.

 It was exhibited at the Salon of 1849 and was a huge success. It was bought by Duke Luynes for the Castle of Dampierre and recently acquired by the Orsay Museum. Penelope Asleep, 1849, Marble, height 127 cm, Château, Dampierre, crafted by CAVELIER, Jules (b. 1814, Paris, d. 1894, Paris).