#barye

[vintagehomecollection]

In light-filled bedroom, two large obelisks sit on the windowsill with terrace beyond. The walls have been hung with old master drawings including Bibiena, Barye, Landseer.

House & Garden’s Best in Decoration, 1987

[philoursmars]

Il y a une petite quinzaine, je suis allé avec Julien et Katie, au Louvre-Lens pour une expo temporaire : "Animaux Fantastiques". Une très belle expo !

Ici des êtres indéfinissables et des chimères !

Thomas Grünfeld - "Misfit (flamingo-pig)''

Antoine-Louis Barye - "Chimère"

Jean-Joseph-Marie Carriès - "Grenouille aux oreilles de lapin"

Louis-Jean Desprez - "Chimère de Monsieur Desprez"

[bookmaven]

—The Ed and Am Hunter Mysteries by FredricBrown —

THE FABULOUS CLIPJOINT by Fredric Brown. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. (NY: Dutton, 1947). First paperback (NY: Bantam, 1948)

THE DEAD RINGER by Fredric Brown. (New York: Dutton, 1948). First paperback (New York: Bantam, 1949) cover by Robert Stanley;

THE BLOODY MOONLIGHT by Fredric Brown. (New York: Dutton, 1949). First paperback (New York: Bantam, 1950).

COMPLIMENTS OF A FIEND by Fredric Brown. (1950) First paperback (New York: Bantam, 1951) cover by Robert Skemp.

DEATH HAS MANY DOORS by Fredric Brown. (New York: Dutton, 1951). First paperback (New York: Bantam, 1952) cover by Barye Philips.

THE LATE LAMENTED by Fredric Brown. (New YOrk: Dutton, 1959). First paperback (New York, Bantam, 1960) cover by Barye Philips.

MRS. MURPHY’S UNDERPANTS by Fredric Brown. (New York: Dutton, 1963).

[archimaps]

The Guichet de l’Empereur at the Louvre, Paris

[bourbakiaxiom]

(Panther, by Antoine-Louis Barye)

The Panther

In the Jardin des Plantes, Paris

His vision, from the constantly passing bars,

has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. 

It seems to him there are a thousand bars; 

and behind the bars, no world.

As he paces in cramped circles, over and over,

the movement of his powerful soft strides

is like a ritual dance around a center

in which a mighty will stands paralyzed.

Only at times, the curtain of the pupils

lifts, quietly--. An image enters in,

rushes down through the tensed, arrested muscles,

plunges into the heart and is gone.   

Rainer Maria Rilke    (translated by Stephen Mitchell; keep reading for German original by Rilke)

Im Jardin des Plantes, Paris

Sein Blick ist von Vorübergehen der Stäbe

so müd geworden, daß er nichts mehr hält.

Ihm ist, als ob es tausend Stäbe gäbe

und hinter tausend Stäben keine Welt.

Der weiche Gang geschmeidig starker Schritte,

der sich im allerkleinsten Kreise dreht,

ist wie ein Tanz von Kraft um eine Mitte,

in der betäubt ein großer Wille steht.

Nur manchmal schiebt der Vorhang der Pupille

sich lautlos auf—. Dann geht ein Bild hinein,

geht durch der Glieder angespannte Stille—

und hört im Herzen auf zu sein.

[artistsanimals]

Title: Vultures in a Tree Artist: Antoine-Louise Barye Date: 1810-75 Medium: Watercolor on woven paper Size: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 1/8 in. (27.1 x 38.4cm) Source: The MET

[art-nimals]

Antoine-Louis Barye, Tiger devouring a gavial, bronze sculpture, Sotheby’s

[philoursmars]

Retour à mon projet de présenter la plupart de mes 53880 photos (nouveau compte approximatif !)

2012. Le Louvre-Lens et sa magnifique Galerie du Temps :

- Saint François mort - Espagne, 1650

- dalle d'André Blondel de Rocquencourt - Paris, 1560

- “Madeleine à la veilleuse" - Georges de la Tour - 1640

- “la Liberté guidant le Peuple" - Eugène Delacroix -  1830

- Lion au Serpent - Antoine-Louis Barye - 1832 

- athénienne de Bonaparte - 1800