The visit highlight for this blog, the hall of lead soldiers at the French Army Museum in Paris:
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| he had an era named after him of course Napoleon was front and center |
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| an immense table display in the center of the hall |
there were so many exhibits that I could
only capture some parts of some of them
The blog system was having troubles uploading so many at a time
that I decided to use fewer images, yet still capture the sense of this
exhibition hall ...
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| for a scale comparison, that is a 4 step stair case to the right of the photo |
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| simply amazing paper card figures |
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| different eras and concepts of miniatures represented |
There was a whole section of amazing shadow box miniature displays of what could be mistaken for paintings.
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| not all of the miniatures were only Napoleonic |
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| this gives me more incentive to move on with my own flats |
I have decided to upload them all here, so as to not make too many single posts
though this hall could easily been broken into many blog postings
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| there was even an Alexander the Great miniature with a most excellent paint job |
If ever I need inspiration, or acceptance, of my own paint work in the future, I shall have this exhibit to look towards.
In the next few posts I shall continue with the French Army Museum visit.
Enjoy your St. Jean Baptiste day!
2 comments:
I imagine blogger had a seizure trying to manage all the photos. I really like the one of all the standard bearers with the variety of flags. Churlishly, I want to critique the painting and sculpts as being a bit 'uneven'. Of course I imagine there isn't a single one thats less than twice my age though.
Right with you Daveb, it was the realization standing in front of some of the cases that these were painted before I was born, that many of the artists made their own oil based paints and likely cast these miniatures (or sculpted some of them) on their own. Then I was less inclined to make any commentary and simply marvel at the longevity of the finish.
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