Arc de Triomphe in Paris at Place Charles de Gaulle, Blk Wht
by Liesl Walsh
Title
Arc de Triomphe in Paris at Place Charles de Gaulle, Blk Wht
Artist
Liesl Walsh
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris sits on the western end of the Champs-Elysees inside the center of the Place Charles de Gaulle, a circle road that is crazy to drive because 12 roads connect to it.. The Arc is so huge it is impressive even viewing from far away on the other end of the Champs-Elysees. It is one of the most famous French monuments, designed by Jean Chalgrin who died before the arc was finished around 1836, and honors the fallen French soldiers from the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Names of the French victories and generals are inscribed on the inner and outer surfaces of the monument. Underneath the Arc lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. Triumphant and patriotic friezes and sculptures line the Arc, a dramatic sight for visitors to see. Beyond the Arc de Triomphe down the road lies La Grande Arche de la Defense, a modern 20th century version of the Arc de Triomphe in an open cube shape 100 meters tall, a monument to humanity and humanitarian ideals rather than military victories. The Arc de Triomphe was an amazing sight, I am so glad I got to see it!
You can read about our adventure in Europe in my husband's book, "Vagabonds in France", by Michael A. Barry. Come with us as we lose our home, put everything in storage, and navigate through Europe for a few months with no return date or home to come back to. Sail across the Atlantic, dodge pickpockets, climb mountains, descend into the Paris Metro, endure nasty weather and illness, witness the flood of the century, and meet some wonderful and not-so-wonderful people. Chuckle with us as we live among the French and try to learn their ways and language. Then make it back home to an empty house we'd never seen before. The book with its 75 illustrations is available in both paperback and Kindle on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCUNSEK .
Featured in the following FAA Groups:
Daily Promotion 4-6-2018
Black and White - The Art Form 4-6-2018
Created by Southern Artists 4-6-2018
Art For Ever With You 4-6-2018
Digital Art and Photography For a Simple Imagination 4-6-2018
USA Photographers Only 4-6-2018
Images That Excite You 4-6-2018
The Earth Is Art 4-7-2018
Arts Fantastic World 4-8-2018
World Landscape Lovers of Art 4-9-2018
WHAT Interrobang 4-9-2018
Words Have Wings - Stories and Vignettes 4-9-2018
Art District 4-10-2018
France Photography and Paints 4-10-2018
Creative Black and White Fine Art Photographs 4-15-2018
Travel Art 4-24-2018
Your Very Best Photography 4-26-2018
No Place Like Home 5-1-2018
Artists Favorite Photograph 5-7-2018
Camera Art 5-7-2018
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations on your fabulous photographic art is featured in Camera Art! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread! group as well as any other thread in which it would fit! ! LF
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning Black and White image has been selected to be featured for the week in the "Creative Black and White Fine Art Photographs" Group’s Home Page!! You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “Stunning Group Featured Images for April 2018” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If enabled, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your group participation! ~Jan
Kelley Freel-Ebner
Congratulations! Your extraordinary work has been Featured in the Fine Art America group “The Earth Is Art”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page in: “2018 Member's Extraordinary Features Images Archive!” theme. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL on your image’s profile page, and paste it into the Discussion Topic site: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/the-earth-is-art-.html?showmessage=true&messageid=4025037
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art Forever With You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “April 2018 Stunning Group Featured Images” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan
Kelley Freel-Ebner
Congratulations! Your extraordinary work has been Featured in the Fine Art America group “Black and White – The Art Form”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page in: “2018 Member's Extraordinary Features Images Archive!” theme. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL on your image’s profile page, and paste it into the Discussion Topic site: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/black-and-white--the-art-form.html?showmessage=true&messageid=3910660
Liesl Walsh
Thank you, Donna! Yes, it was a daring adventure for sure! At that time of our life we had nothing to lose and everything to gain, so we just went for it. We are so glad we did, although it wasn't easy at times!
Donna Kennedy
Wonderful image Liesl, your Europe adventure was so bold and daring!!! Sounds like something we all would love to do, but just don't have the guts!!...L/F
Rob Luzier
very cool photo with so much old history and the craftsmanship still very impressive after all these years. Great work. L/F