{"id":268,"date":"2015-03-16T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/?p=268"},"modified":"2015-12-22T13:56:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T13:56:42","slug":"musee-carnavalet-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Mus\u00e9e Carnavalet, Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_5433_2\"Mus\u00e9e Carnavalet is dedicated to the history of Paris from its origins to the present day. It\u00a0is housed in\u00a0two neighboring mansions: the\u00a0H\u00f4tel Carnavalet\u00a0and the former\u00a0H\u00f4tel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau, and was opened to the public in 1880.\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0museum\u00a0constantly surprises me. \u00a0They seem to close off parts of it for restoration quite frequently, and open others, \u00a0so you can\u00a0find yourself\u00a0somewhere\u00a0you have never\u00a0been before. It is a wonderful place and has a vast assortment of diverse objects, furniture and paintings. \u00a0About 2,600 paintings, 20,000 drawings, 300,000 engravings and 150,000 photographs, 2,000 modern sculptures and 800 pieces of furniture, thousands of ceramics, many decorations, models and reliefs, signs, thousands of coins, countless personal items, many of them souvenirs of famous characters, and thousands of archeological fragments \u2013 to be more precise. It encompasses the\u00a0Renaissance to\u00a0today. Being the museum of Paris history, it\u00a0has many diverse\u00a0images of the city, including some intricate and fascinating original three dimensional models showing how Paris\u00a0used to be. You can also see\u00a0many portraits of characters who played an important role in the history of the capital, and many works showing events which took place in Paris, especially the revolutions\u00a0and\u00a0scenes of the daily life for\u00a0all the social classes.
\n\"IMG_5438\"<\/a>This time, \u00a0my friend Karlie and I were surprised\u00a0to find\u00a0ourselves\u00a0in an amazing room covered in white gold and Brunaille paintings\u00a0(a painting that is executed entirely or primarily in shades of brown). I never knew this room existed. It was painted for the H\u00f4tel\u00a0de Wendel\u00a0(started in 1924 and finished in 1925) by\u00a0Josep Maria Serti Badia (1874 \u2013 \u00a01945). He was a Spanish muralist, the son of an affluent textile industry family and a friend of Salvador Dal\u00ed.\u00a0\u00a0Particularly known for his grisaille style, often in gold and black, Josep Maria painted the walls and ceilings of this room with fantasy images executed in a rapid brush style. It depicts\u00a0a Royal procession of the Queen of Saba, who is followed by a cohort of elephants, philosophers, musicians and jugglers and astrologers. It was acquired from the Wendel family by the Ville de Paris in 1981. It is a lively, fascinating and well executed mural in a distinct style, and worth a visit to the museum to see this alone.<\/p>\n