"The Honour Roll" - Cour de Louvre Sculptures Mosaic

This mosaic is based on the sculptures running around between the first-floor-windows of the Pyramide court of the Louvre, Paris, including Richeliu-, Sully- and Denon-wings of the building. The hall of fame consists of characters coming mainly from the XVIIth century (poets, writers, philosophers, artists, sculptors, painters, architects, politicians etc.). First I thought I would eliminate the differences between the original photos - later I didn't change them but just cropped and resized - the change of colour & tone reflects appropriately the time I spent with taking them (approx. 15 minutes; however, postwork including editing, identifying, even tagging took me weeks later) and due to the direction of the evening sunlight even the symmetry of the U-form space, as well.

1. Gregoire de Tours, 2. François Rabelais, 3. François de Malherbe, 4. Abailard (without his beloved Héloïse this time - apparently no woman among the sculptures), 5. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 6. Jules Mazarin, 7. Buffon, 8. Jean Froissart, 9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 10. Montesquieu

11. Mathieu Mole, 12. Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, 13. Samuel Bernard, 14. Jean de La Bruyère, 15. Suger (Suger de Saint-Denis), 16. Jacques-Auguste de Thou, 17. Louis Bourdaloue, 18. Jean Racine, 19. [Voltaire, covered, unidentifiable], 20. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

21. Nicolas de Condorcet, 22. Denis Papin, 23. Sully, 24. Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, 25. Antoine Lavoisier, 26. Michel-Richard de Lalande, 27. François Michel Le Tellier de Louvois, 28. Saint Simon, 29. Jean de Joinville, 30. Esprit Fléchier

31. Philippe de Commynes, 32. Jacques Amyot, 33. Pierre Mignard, 34. Jean Baptiste Massillon, 35. Du Cerceau, 36. Jean Goujon, 37. Claude Lorrain, 38. Gretry, 39. Jean-François Regnard, 40. Jacques Coeur

41. Marigny, 42. André Chénier, 43. Keller, 44. Antoine Coysevox, 45. Jean Cousin, 46. André Le Nôtre, 47. Clodion, 48. Germain Pilon, 49. Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 50. Antoine Lepautre

51. L'Hôpital, 52. Jacques Lemercier, 53. René Descartes, 54. Ambroise Paré, 55. Richelieu, 56. Michel de Montaigne, 57. Jean Antoine Houdon, 58. Étienne Dupérac, 59. Jean de Brosse, 60. Jean-Dominique Cassini

61. Henri François D'Aguesseau, 62. Jules Hardouin Mansart, 63. Nicolas Poussin, 64. Gérard Audran, 65. Jacques Sarazin, 66. Nicolas Coustou, 67. Eustache Lesueur, 68. Claude Perrault, 69. Thibault de Champagne, 70. Pierre Puget

This is my contribution to the French 14th of July on one hand, and on the other hand after this I will return to my earlier routine, and, unlike during the last month and previous 124 uploads, I will also put up photos taken at different places than Paris from now on.

See my blog for further details in Hungarian, and also some further images on some elements of the above mosaic here.

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Taken in: France / Île-de-France / Paris / Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (show map)

Taken on: June 11, 2008

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Gregoire de Tours

François Rabelais

François de Malherbe

Abailard

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Jules Mazarin

Buffon

Jean Froissart

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Montesquieu

Mathieu Mole

Turgot

Samuel Bernard

Jean de La Bruyère

Suger

Jacques-Auguste de Thou

Louis Bourdaloue

Jean Racine

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Nicolas de Condorcet

Denis Papin

Sully

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

Antoine Lavoisier

Michel-Richard de Lalande

François Michel Le Tellier de Louvois

Saint-Simon

Jean de Joinville

Esprit Fléchier

Philippe de Commynes

Jacques Amyot

Pierre Mignard

Jean Baptiste Massillon

Du Cerceau

Jean Goujon

Claude Lorrain

Gretry

Jean-François Regnard

Jacques Coeur

Marigny

André Chénier

Keller

Antoine Coysevox

Jean Cousin

André Le Nôtre

Clodion

Germain Pilon

Ange-Jacques Gabriel

Antoine Lepautre

L'Hôpital

Jacques Lemercier

René Descartes

Ambroise Paré

Richelieu

Michel de Montaigne

Jean Antoine Houdon

Étienne Dupérac

Jean de Brosse

Jean-Dominique Cassini

Henri François D'Aguesseau

Jules Hardouin Mansart

Nicolas Poussin

Gérard Audran

Jacques Sarazin

Nicolas Coustou

Eustache Lesueur

Claude Perrault

Thibault de Champagne

Pierre Puget

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