Showing posts with label Parc Monceau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parc Monceau. Show all posts
12 February 2014
Parc Monceau (revisited), 8th arrondissement
Libellés :
Carmontelle,
Garnerin (Jacques),
Parc Monceau,
Paris
I've already written about a number of the features of the wonderful Parc Monceau, but I felt that it was worthy of another post. The original creation of the painter, engraver, playwright and landscape architect Louis de Carmontelle (1717–1806) – often simply called Carmontelle – Parc Monceau was designed for the Duke of Chartres in the final quarter of the 18th century. Some original features remain, although it has changed a great deal since then.
The rotunda is by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806).
The Corinthian colonnade is from Saint-Denis church, which was destroyed in 1719.
The Egyptian pyramid (1778).
'ICI
LE 22 OCTOBRE 1797
LE FRANÇAIS
ANDRÉ-JACQUES GARNERIN
RÉALISA À PARTIR D'UN BALLON LIBRE
LA PREMIÈRE DÉSCENTE EN PARACHUTE
DE L'HISTOIRE'
'HERE
ON 22 OCTOBER 1797
THE FRENCHMAN
ANDRÉ-JACQUES GARDERIN
EXECUTED FROM AN AIR BALLOON
THE FIRST PARACHUTE DESCENT
IN HISTORY'
The Italian bridge, or Petit-Pont.
A newer addition, representing an earthquake.
Hôtel à insectes. I'd noticed a very different insect hotel in Auvers, although I don't think I've noticed any elsewhere.
My other Parc Monceau post is below:
First Parc Monceau post
3 November 2011
Parc Monceau, 8th arrondissement, Paris, France: Literary Île-de-France #12
Parc Monceau, in the 8th arrondissement at the junction of boulevard de Courcelles, rue de Prony, and rue Georges Berger is perhaps one of the lesser known recreational areas in the city but is certainly one of the most popular among Parisians, and the park is packed to bursting on a hot weekend's day. Which is quite something for a place whose only obvious attractions are a children's carousel, a tiny circular café with no seating and several different kinds of pancake, and free wifi. But it's my favorite park in Paris, and for four weeks I just found myself being forced to return to it almost every day, although I'm not too sure why. Oh, and there are the statues, but that wasn't it.
Nevertheless the statues are impressive. There are three literary ones, and the Chopin is an honorary literary one because of his connections with George Sand.
The statue was installed in the park in 1897.
Édouard Pailleron (1834—99).
The woman is dedicated to the actor Jeanne Samary (1857—90), who is represented here as she appeared in Pailleron's L'Étincelle (1879).
Alfred de Musset (1810—57). This statue was begun by Alexandre Falguière, and then completed by Antonin Mercié. It was erected here in 1906.
Musset is seated while his muse inspires him.
Frédéric Chopin (1810—49).
An angel spreads flowers over the man and woman.
Chopin is at the piano composing a funeral march.
At his feet, a personification of pain, sorrow. The piece was sculpted by Jacques Froment—Meurice, and erected in the park in 1906.
My later Parc Monceau post is below:
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Parc Monceau (revisited), 8th arrondissement
Nevertheless the statues are impressive. There are three literary ones, and the Chopin is an honorary literary one because of his connections with George Sand.
Raoul Verlet sculpted this statue, which represents Maupassant with, at his feet, a composite of the female hero of his 1889 novel Fort comme la mort, and an anonymous reader.
Pailleron's statue was made by Léopold Bernstam and erected in parc Monceau in 1907.
The carousel too has literary associations, being named after Jules Verne (1828—1904).
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Parc Monceau (revisited), 8th arrondissement
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