Paris, France is truly a special place to visit. Those who have been agree that there is no other city that quite compares with the romantic feel, the unique sights available for touring, and the culture that makes you want to stay a while and sip your cafè. If you are planning a trip in the near future to the City of Light (La Ville-Lumière), let this list of the top 10 things to do in Paris help you plan your stay.
1. Eiffel Tower - It is unheard of to visit Paris without including at least one trip to the iconic Eiffel Tour. To avoid the crowds, come early in the morning or in the evening. Hop on the elevator and ride to the viewing platforms for a breathtaking view of the city.
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2. The Louvre - Even someone who is not usually an art enthusiast will be blown away by the legendary collection at the world's largest museum. Just seeing the great Mona Lisa in person makes standing in line for the museum worth it.
10 Fun Things to Do in Paris, France
3. Notre Dame Cathedral - This symbol of Paris has breathtaking views from the tops of its towers. While you are there, take the opportunity to inspect the famous gargoyles up close.
4. River Seine - A River Seine river cruise is a relaxing way to see all of the famous sights in Paris.
5. Ice Skate - Whether you are traveling with children or adults, take advantage of one of the rinks that the city sets up during the winter.
6. Arc De Triomphe - Walk down the famed Champs Elysees, and see the iconic arch built by Napoleon to commemorate all of his military victories.
7. Les Invalides (Napoleon's Tomb) - After seeing his great gift to France go to Naopleon's tomb. Les Invalides is a group of buildings that house monuments to the military, a retirement home for veterans, and a hospital.
8. Double Decker Bus Tour - A fun and efficient way to see all of the sights. You will see these iconic busses driving all around you. Sit up on the top level for an unencumbered view of the city.
9. Musee d'Orsay - A museum with a great number of works from famous impressionists. You can see works by the likes of Van Gogh, Manet and Degas here.
10. Sacre Coeur Basilica - At the top of the highest point of the city, Montmarte, sits the famous Sacre Couer Basilica. Its tops can be seen through most of the rest of Paris. It features Romanesque and Byzantine architecture, and you will get unparalleled views of Paris from its towers.
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This is the list of 100 of the Best Art Works of the World Museums Society. This list of the best 100 famous and important artworks was chosen from a huge selection of the great works of the last five centuries. There is a real cross-section of art work listed here from many countries.
Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine asked the World Museums Society to create a list of famous artworks from the great world art museums based on their importance and influence on contemporary art. The best 100 selections of these important works of art was compiled by voting members of the WMS.
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1) Bosch - The Garden of Delights (1504) - Prado, Madrid
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2) Michelangelo: Il Giudizio Universale/ Universal Judgement (1541) - Cappella Sistina, Roma
3) Dali: Persistence of Memory (1931) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
4) Klimt: The Virgin (1913) - National Gallery, Prague
5) Botticelli: Allegoria della Primavera (1478) - Uffizi, Firenze
6) Monet: Nimphee (1926) - Orangerie, Paris
7) Leonardo: Il Cenacolo/ The Last Supper (1497) - S.Maria delle Grazie, Milano
8) Rubens: Fall of the Damned/ Der Hollensturz der Verdammten
9) Van Gogh: Starry Night (1889) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
10) Raffaello: Sposalizio della Vergine (1504) - Piancoteca di Brera, Milano
11) Dali: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (1936) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia
12) Bruegel: Triumph of Death (1562) - Prado, Madrid
13) Greco: Toledo (1599) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
14) Seurat: La Parade du Cirque (1888) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
15) Rembrandt: Militia Company (1642) - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
16) Van Eyck: Madonna in the Church (1425) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
17) Leonardo: Gioconda/ Mona Lisa (1505) - Louvre, Paris
18) Rousseau: Sleeping Gypsy (1897) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
19) Greco: La Crucifixion (1594) - Prado, Madrid
20) Altdorfer: The Battle of Alexander the Great (1529) - Alte Pinakothek, Munchen
21) Klee: Ad Marginen (1930) - Kunstmuseum, Basel
22) Rembrandt: Belshazzar's Feast (1635) - National Gallery, London
23) Rubens: St Agustine, National Gallery, Prague
24) Renoir: Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876) - Musee National d'Orsay, Paris
25) Goya: Aquelarre/ Il Grande Caprone (1821) - Prado, Madrid
26) Chagall: I and the Village (1911) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
27) Magritte: Specchio Falso (1928) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
28) Millet: Harvesters Resting (1853)
29) Veronese: Nozze di Cana (1563) - Louvre, Paris
30) Velasquez: Las Hilanderas (166?) - Prado, Madrid
31) Caravaggio: Davide/ Galea (1607) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
32) Rubens: Feast of Venus/ Vennsfest (1637) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
33) Vermeer: The Astronomer (1668) - Louvre, Paris
34) Schiele: Death and the Maiden (1915) - Belvedere, Wien
35) Cezanne: Le Mont Saint Victoire (1906) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia
36) Klee: Landschaft mit dem Gelben Kirchturm (1920) - Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munchen
37) Leonardo: Vergine delle Rocce I (1486) - Louvre, Paris
38) Rousseau: Virgin Forest at Sunset (1907) - Kunstmuseum, Basel
39) Tintoretto: Miracolo dello Schiavo (1548) - Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venezia
40) Ernst: Antipope (1942) - Guggenheim, New York
41) Botticelli: Miracolo di San Zenobio (1500) - National Gallery, London
42) Picasso: Three Musicians (1921) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
43) Miro`: Hunter, Museum of Modern Art, New York
44) Matisse: Dance (1909) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
45) Braque: Violin and Palette (1910) - Guggenheim, New York
46) Klee: Fischzauber (1925) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia
47) Duchamp: Nude Descending a Staircase #3 (1916) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia
48) Van Gogh: Sunflowers (1888) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia
49) Kokoshka: Der Irrende Ritter (1915) - Guggenheim, New York
50) Murillo: Nascita di S. Giovanni Battista, Norton Simon, Pasadena
51) Renoir: Bal a Bougival (1883) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
52) Manet: Esecuzione dell'Imperatore Massimiliano (1867) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
53) Manet: Olympia (1863) - Musee National d'Orsay, Paris
54) Monet: Water Lilies I (1905) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
55) Leger: Acrobat at the Circus, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel
56) Hodler: Der Tag (1899) - Kunstmuseum, Bern
57) Munch: The Scream (1893) - Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
58) Altdorfer: Rest on the Flight to Egypt (1510) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
59) De Hooch: The Mother (1660) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
60) Steen: St Nicholas Eve (1660) - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
61) Rembrandt: Man in Oriental Costume (1635) - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
62) Rembrandt: The Betrayal of Peter (1660) - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
63) Rembrandt: Philemon and Baucis (1658) - Washington, National Gallery
64) Rembrandt: Landscape with Bridge (1636) - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
67) Hals: I reggenti dell'Ospizio dei Poveri (1664) - Hals Museum, Harleem
68) Carpaccio: S. Giorgio in Lotta con il Drago (1507)
69) Bellini: Pala di San Giobbe (1487) - Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venezia
70) Pisanello: Partenza di San Giorgio (1438) - Sant'Anastasia, Verona
71) Boccioni: La Citta` che Sale (1910) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
72) Chagall: Dedie a Ma Fiance (1911) - Kunstmuseum, Bern
73) Chagall: Le Soldat Boit (1912) - Guggenheim, New York
74) Kandinskij: Einige Kreise (1926) - Guggenheim, New York
75) Rousseau: Jouers de Football (1908) - Guggenheim, New York
76) Leger: Le Grand Dejeuner/ Three Women (1921) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
77) Delaunay: St Severin (1909) - Guggenheim, New York
78) Ernst: La Grande Foret (1927) - Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel
79) Picasso: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
80) Picasso: Night Fishing at Antibes (1939) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
81) Van Dyck: Crowning of Thorns - Prado, Madrid
82) Tiziano: Venere, Amore e Organista - Prado, Madrid
83) Leonardo: Annunciazione (148?) - Uffizi, Firenze
84) Perugino: La Consegna delle Chiavi (1482) - Cappella Sistina, Roma
85) Giorgione: Tre Filosofi (1508) - Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
86) Grunewald: St Erasmus und St Maurice (1523) - Alte Pinakothek, Munchen
87) Gauguin: Where Have We Come From (1897) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
88) Gauguin: Mahana No Atua/ Day of the God (1894) - Art Institute, Chicago
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89) Greco: Bautismo de Cristo (1596) - Prado, Madrid
90) Van Eyck: The Fountain of Grace (1429) - Prado, Madrid
91) Picasso: Guernica (1937) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
92) Leonardo: Epifania, Uffizi, Firenze
93) Ghirlandaio: Vecchio e Nipote, Louvre, Paris
94) Van Gogh: Selfportrait (1887) - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
95) Carpaccio: Disputa del Sinedrio (1514) - Brera, Milano
96) Pissarro: Verger a Pontoise (1872) - Musee National d'Orsay, Paris
97) Toulouse-Lautrec: Moulin Rouge (1892) - Art Institute, Chicago
98) Delacroix: La Mort de Sardanapal (1827) - Louvre, Paris
99) Degas: Dance Class (1874) - Louvre, Paris
100) Gericault: The Raft of the Medusa (1819) - Louvre, Paris
This list of 100 of the Favorite Art Works of the World Museums Society has a cross-section of art work from several centuries and many countries. If you are intersted in contemporary art please see the links below. The WMS voted these to be the best of important and influential art works from the world museums.
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To say that Paris is a city of art and culture, of high fashion and haute cuisine, is to understate the case. For Paris is not only the premier tourist destination of France, but among the most popular destinations in the world. It is visited by more than 30 million people every year, and is filled to the gills with visitor attractions, including several world-famous, iconic landmarks, which, collectively, are enough to overwhelm even the seasoned tourist.
So, what, you might ask, should you see in Paris? Well, to do the city justice, you must, absolutely must, take in the following.
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1. Eiffel Tower
Best of Paris - Top 10 Attractions
The Eiffel Tower is the foremost attraction in Paris. It is both a symbol of the city and one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world. Designed by Gustave Eiffel, it was built in 1889 for the Universal Exhibition held in Paris in 1900. The tower features 15,000 sections of iron, held together with 2.5 million rivets, and rises 324 meters into the Paris sky. There are several elevators here, as well as a flight of stairs that goes to the second platform at 115 meters. There is a stair entrance fee of 4.50 euros per person, and to ride the elevators it's 8 euros to the second floor and 13 euros to the top platform, from where you can enjoy 360-degree views of Paris! There is a restaurant on the first floor, 58 Tour Eiffel, and another on the second floor, Jules Verne.
2. The Louvre
The Louvre is easily the world's most famous art museum. It has four extensive galleries, housing hundreds of monumental works of art from the world's greatest artists. The Richilieu Wing has the Flemish, Dutch, German and other North European masters such as Vermeer, Rembrandt and Durer; Objets d'Art is bursting with French sculpture from the Middle Ages, as well as Renaissance tapestries and ancient Mesopotamian art; the Sully Wing is devoted to the French masters of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries; and the Grande Galerie is home to Italian paintings from the 13th to 17th centuries, including the famous 'Mona Lisa'. The Louvre is not cheap at 9 euros a pop, but what would a visit to Paris be without a visit to the Louvre!
3. Champs Elysees
Champs Elysees is that broad avenue in the heart of Paris that all things grand and illustrious (and even not so grand and illustrious) must travel down: the French president's motorcade travels down the avenue; the Tour de France ends here; Bastille Day parades make their splash here. Lined with majestic trees, shops and restaurants, it runs from Place de la Concorde to the ornate, 18th-century Arc de Triomphe, tours of which are available for 7 euros each.
4. Notre Dame
Notre Dame is one of the oldest Gothic cathedrals in Europe, and a veritable tourist draw. The three-storey cathedral, with its large, stained glass medieval windows, dates from 1163 and offers in it a classic example of a Gothic cathedral facade. It has three portals: the Coronation Portal, where Mary is shown being crowned by an angel; the Portal of the Last Judgement, where Jesus is depicted as judge of the world; and the Portal of Saint Anne which leads into the cathedral. The medieval influence here is huge, from the piers and vault shafts in the interior, to the massive flying buttresses on the outside. The cathedral is located on the larger of the two islands in the Seine, Ile de la Cite, and is open daily. Oh, and this one's a freebee.
5. Montmartre
Montmartre is that Parisian quarter that is inextricably linked with Bohemian artists, particularly those from the late 19th century, such as Renoir, Monet, Gaugin, Degas, and others, who lived and painted here at one time or another. Today, at Montmartre, you can sip 'chocolat chaud' at any of several garden restaurants on 'La Butte', have your portrait done on Place du Tertre, and also visit the Basilica of the Sacre Coeur, a gleaming white Paris landmark built between 1873 and 1914, incorporating a variety of architectural styles and periods, including Neo-Romanesque, Byzantine, Moorish and Renaissance, which offers sweeping views of the city.
6. Place Vendome
Place Vendome, or the 'Jewelers' Square', is virtually synonymous with luxury shopping in Paris. It is home to the likes of Van Cleef & Arpels, Chaumet, Boucheron, Armani, and even Cartier which is actually on Rue de la Paix, just off the square. Window shopping is the order of the day, with the windows at Cartier the high point of any visit here. The 100-year-old Ritz, perhaps Paris' most famous hotel, is also located here. In the vicinity, too, is Rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, which goes off Place Vendome, and which forms the heart of Paris' legendary fashion district. Some of the world's most famous fashion houses are to be found here, among them Chanel, Cardin, Givenchy, Versace and Hermes.
7. Musee d'Orsay
Musee d'Orsay, situated on the other side of the Seine from the Louvre, is the 'Museum of the 19th Century'. As an art museum, it is second only to the Louvre. It has over 6,000 exhibits, covering the period between 1848 and 1914. Impressionists, in particular, are well represented here, as are all the other important art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum, which opened to the public in 1986, is housed in the old train station, Gare d'Orsay, located in the Saint-Germain des Pres quarter of Paris. Admission here is 7 euros.
8. Le Quartier du Marais
The Marais is quintessential Paris, with colorful cafes spilling onto sidewalks, surprising little boutiques, charming, albeit pricey, small hotels and bed and breakfast inns, art galleries that run the gamut, bookshops in nooks and crannies... It is a place given to strolling around, where you can enjoy cafe au lait and croissants, poke around in quaint stores, and literally breathe in Paris. The principal attraction here is Place de Vosges, which dates from 1604 and was once regarded as the most beautiful square in Paris. The 19th century home of author Victor Hugo is also located here, at the southeast corner of the square. Place de Vosges is now brimming with arcades, fashion shops, restaurants and art galleries, with live music in the air.
9. Quartier Latin
Quartier Latin, or the Latin Quarter, is 'the scholars' quarter', where the Sorbonne University, 'the intellectual cradle of Paris', founded in the 13th century, is located. Also of interest in the quarter are the historic Place Maubert which gives visitors a glimpse of the original Paris, with its haphazard jumble of crooked houses and dark courtyards; Tour d'Argent, a 16th century restaurant; Boulevard Saint-Michel which has Roman ruins and a historic square; and Jardin des Plantes, an historic botanical garden that was originally laid out in the 17th century and where you can now stroll through ancient trees, including a cedar planted in 1734.
10. Versailles
Versailles, which lies just to the southwest of Paris, is the locale of Louis XIV's elaborate 17th century residence, the Chateau de Versailles. Best seen on a day trip from Paris, highlights of any visit to the royal residence include the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), a 70-meter-long hall with long rows of mirrors that reflect the light from the high windows; and the rambling park of Versailles which, divided into two by the Grand Canal, is perhaps the most perfect example of a French garden. The Versailles Chateau is open to the public for self-guided tours. Admission fee: 7.50 euros.
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Paris is the city of romance and with a rich cultural heritage dating back hundreds of years, it is famed the world over for its beautiful architecture, museums, art galleries and churches, not to mention the ancient monuments and beautiful gardens.
As well as the more famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Moulin Rouge, there are many more mesmerising buildings to see, as well as the Avenue des Champs-Elysees which is renowned world-wide for its shopping, fashion and culture, and which leads to the equally well-known Arc de Triomphe. Many people hold Paris close to their hearts because of the wonderful memories they have had there, so what better than to capture those moments for all time on black and white film?
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The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel and remains today a remarkable symbol of French civic pride. It stands 320 meters high and magnificent views of Paris can be seen from all of its floors. The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by Napoleon to commemorate the victories of the Grand Armee after the battle of Austerlitz.
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Black and white images can be atmospheric and full of emotion, so imagine the mysterious Eiffel Tower on a foggy day or the clarity of the Tower seen through the reflection of water. Paris black and white fine art photography provides a timeless elegance whether set within a traditional or a contemporary home interior, as framed black and white posters, or as black and white giclee canvas prints.
There are a hundred and fifty museums and monuments open to the public in Paris, and art galleries such as the famous Musee du Louvre and Musee d'Orsay are two of the finest art galleries in Paris. The Musee du Louvre was founded in 1793 by Napoleon as a museum, although before that it was a palace and fortress. It features a superb collection of artwork which spans thousands of years and includes such famed works as The Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa. Permanent collections of works by Picasso and Rodin are on show in Paris and in the Musee de l'Orangerie, it is possible to view works by other great artists such as Matisse, Cezanne and Renoir.
Imagine having Paris posters on your wall showing the gargoyles of Notre Dame in black and white, with the city of Paris laid out below a dramatic evening sky, or the domes of Sacre-Coeur from Montemartre rising proudly in front of a cloudy sky. Notre Dame lies at the heart of Paris on the banks of The River Seine. Steeped in history, it was there that in 1804 that Napoleon crowned himself emperor.
For a timeless, classic feel, arranging a series of Paris black and white prints in your home interior, will provide an interesting focal point. When planning interior design, black and white fine art photography gives a completely different concept. Interest can be achieved by using long exposure, and by capturing everyday events without any unnatural poses.
Imagine the spontaneity of a couple walking through an arch on the Promenade sur la Seine, or maybe captured in black and white whilst walking through The Louvre. Paris posters look stunning in black and white and with the artist's signature, they can be very collectable. Whether you prefer canvas photography art, or black and white framed prints of Paris, your choices will be an asset to your home.
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