Versailles houses lots of incredible art works, any museum can be jealous of. Versailles became the home of the French nobility and the location of the royal court, and the kings used every opportunity to spend money in art works , architectures , frescoes and oil paintings.There is nothing much to say about it, I am sharing few art pieces I liked .
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Beautiful photos! Having just visited Paris last week – you’re making me want to return!! What a wonderful city – I loved it!! 😀
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Thank you! What is the thing you loved most?
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These are very interesting paintings, many of which are what artists did to represent reality before photography became relatively available but many of these paintings have a an organization of content that is a “photograph” of the artist’s imagination. Cool stuff.
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Absolutely right, I never thought of that angle. But yes, the Kings and Queens or whoever had money, had their portraits and photos of their lifestyle painted…absolutely cool stuff
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Gorgeous! A true representation of that time.
Marcey
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The one place in Paris I did not see but wanted to … thanks for the look inside
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You are welcome 😊
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So much is told through the paintings and tapestries we see displayed in historic locations.
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Right, fantastic representation of the then society
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Such beautiful paintings! The size of some of them is pretty spectacular:)
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Some are indeed very big
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Can just imagine the time it took to paint them, but I guess some of the big artist usually has some ‘help’ 🙂
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May be, I am going to take to another palace in Germany, where they said an Italian artist painted the whole ceiling. It took a long time, but they don’t mention about help..but I wonder you are right 😊
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These are gorgeous , detailed and grand ! Lovely post .
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Thank you
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Simply Beautiful ! Thank you for amazing photos.
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I have been fortunate to visit Versailles many times when I lived in Paris and several times since. Although I have been into the palace, I find it somewhat overpowering – all gold and shiny – although I accept there are many lovely works of art inside. I much prefer the gardens where there are generally fewer people and you can spend an entire day walking the wonderful grounds.
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I would love to visit the garden some day
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Gorgeous set.
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So beautiful!
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Thank you, very happy that you like it
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Love your pics! Did you see that I just flew myself?
So no…it wasn’t all the way to Europe, but hey, I’m gaining confidence! 😃
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Definitely Cindy, you can do it… hugs
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Someday I hope to see the palace!
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Sure you ll
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we do enjoy travel.
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