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That same year, the Louvre commissioned French artist François Morellet to create a work for the Lefuel stairs, on the first floor. For L'esprit d'escalier Morellet redesigned the stairscase's windows, echoing their original structures but distorting them to create a disturbing optical effect.
The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a 2.22 meter tall marble statue of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the chest and wings composed of the impressive feathers of a prey bird turned upward, and the body of a lioness.
The Great Sphinx has become an emblem of Egypt, frequently appearing on its stamps, coins, and official documents. [11] In March 2023, a limestone sphinx was discovered at the Dendera Temple Complex. This sphinx, which is depicted with a slight grin and dimples, is thought to be made in the image of the Roman emperor Claudius. [12]
The Rock of Solutré (French: Roche de Solutré) is a limestone escarpment 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Mâcon, France, overlooking the commune of Solutré-Pouilly.It is an iconic site in the department of Saône-et-Loire, in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Les villes bastionnées des Pays-Bas du nord-ouest de l'Europe, 1996. Fortified cities of the Low Countries of north-western Europe; Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cézaniens, 1996. Mount Saint Victoire and Paul Cézanne sites; Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France, 2000. Concretion cave complexes in southern France
Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1808–27, oil on canvas, 189 x 144 cm, Louvre. Oedipus and the Sphinx is a painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Originally a student work painted in 1808, it was enlarged and completed in 1827. The painting depicts Oedipus explaining the riddle of the Sphinx.
Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero KCMG [1] (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist and director general of excavations and antiquities for the Egyptian government. Widely regarded as the foremost Egyptologist of his generation, he began his career teaching Egyptian language in Paris becoming a professor at the Collège de ...
The Parisian Sphinx is an oil-on-canvas painting by Belgian painter Alfred Stevens. Painted between 1875 and 1877, it depicts a dreamy young woman (or aristocratic demi-monde ) gently supporting her head with her hand.