ITR4553824: Detail of the central portal vaults. Angelots occupy the first two vaults while in the next two patriarchs, prophets and teachers of the Church took place. The carved characters in the vaults follow the curve of the archivolt while the angelots look at the scene of the eardrum as arms in the baustrade of Heaven. Notre Dame de Paris Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris - Paris 4 - XIIIth, XIIIth, XIXeme, rehabilitation by Viollet-le-Duc - / Bridgeman Images
ITR4553844: In the eardrum of the central portal, Christ Judge, surrounded by two angels carrying the cross, nails and spear, appears as the Redeemer. At her side, the Virgin and Saint John kneeling plead for divine misericord. Below, the archangel Michael weighing souls separates the elected from the damns. The Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris - Paris 4 - XIIIth, XIIIth, XIXth, Rehabilitation by Viollet-le-Duc - / Bridgeman Images
ITR4553628: Made shortly after the middle of the 13th century, the roses of transpt are works of exeption, exceeding in diameter all those produced by the French Gothic. This is the representation of an angel. Notre Dame de Paris Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris - Paris 4 - XIIIth, XIIIth, XIXeme, rehabilitation by Viollet-le-Duc - / Bridgeman Images
TEC4598187: Boat near the Pont des Arts, Paris 6th arrondissement. The Passerelle des Arts, the first iron bridge in Paris, had the mission of joining the Institut de France and the Louvre, which was then called the Palais des Arts. Reserved for pawns, it was built from 1801 to 1804. It initially consisted of nine arches. Following numerous river accidents, its reconstruction was decided in 1981 but two arches were removed to line them up on the Pont Neuf. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4598248: The Palais des Etudes of the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. Architects Felix Duban (1797-1872) and Francois Debret (1777-1850), reconstructions 1816. The building occupies what remains of the convent of the Petites Augustins (17th century) and the hotel de Chimay (1635), to which buildings were assistant in the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4598450: Church Saint Sulpice, Place Saint Sulpice Paris 6th arrondissement. To cope with the growth of the population of the faubourg Saint Germain, the church of Saint Sulpice was rebuilt. From 1646, Queen Anne of Austria laid the first stone. But the troubles of the sling and the problems of financing slowed down the construction of the Church, which was not definitively completed until 1780, by architect Jean Nicolas Servandoni (1695-1766). / Bridgeman Images
OMG4599676: Cafe des Deux Magots (1875), 6 place Saint Germain des Pres, Paris 6th arrondissement. The cafe takes its name from the two stunned figures of Extreme Orient, the two magots, which served as a sign for the Chinese silk and fabric trade. Since the last century, a large number of intellectuals have frequented this place, from Verlaine to Rimbaud to Surrealists, Picasso, Giraudoux, not to mention Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir who came to write two hours a day for many years. Photography 1995. / Bridgeman Images
OMG4599746: Renovation of the glass court of the Palais des Etudes des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The courtyard is an extraordinary architectural ensemble designed by Felix Duban (1798-1870) during the 1830s. In 1867, in order to protect the carving castings from the Musee du Louvre, this courtyard was covered with a glass on a metal frame which then constituted all its wealth. At the death of Felix Duban, Ernest Coquart (1831-1903) took over the construction site by covering the facades of a polychrome decor from Italian inspiration. The Palais des Etudes is an exceptional testimony of 19th century architecture. With the Cour vitree, Felix Duban completed the formidable educational program. In 1970, most of the castings were transferred to the Petite stables of the Chateau de Versailles.Photography 03/06/09. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4600757: Facade of a building in the Place des Vosges in Paris. Inaugurated in 1612 during the marriage of Louis XIII (1601-1643) with Anne of Austria (1601-1666), the royal square, known since 1800, Place des Vosges, was created on the site of the Royal Hotel in Tournelles. It consists of thirty-six pavilions, nine on each side, built of stone and brick, with high roofs pierced with beef grooves above arches. This gives it a very rigorous symmetry. We do not know precisely the master of this place. Various names were advanced but without any proof: Louis Metezeau (1560-1615), Clement Metezeau (1581-1652), Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau (circa 1550-1614) or Claude Chastillon (1559-1616). / Bridgeman Images