A Popular Covered Passageway in Paris... by KarmaSong
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__ The "Galerie Vivienne" located in the 2nd district of Paris, is one of the most popular covered passageways of the capital city, as nearly 6,500,000 tourists visit it every year. Built in 1823, this passageway, like some other Parisian passageways nearby, was actually a short cut that made it possible for pedestrians to connect to streets that were otherwise parallel and very far from each other.
__The 176-m-long arcade is designed in a neo-classical Pompeian style. The architects have carefully incorporated elements of ancient architecture, with Corinthian columns, frescoes and delicate ornamentation. A spectacular glass roof spans its entire length, allowing natural light to flood the interior. At the center of the gallery is an imposing cupola.
__ Since 1880, the Gallery's floor has been a work of art in itself, featuring a mosaic of marble and colored ceramic tiles by Giandomenico Facchina. The two photos I took there actually point to both main entrances to the 'Galerie'
__ Thank you very much for your recent visits and comments on my previous photo taken on the rooftop of the 'Centre Pompidou' or 'Centre Beaubourg', in Paris. I wish you a pleasant Summer week. Zoom in for a better view of the Galerie Vivienne's architectural features.
__The 176-m-long arcade is designed in a neo-classical Pompeian style. The architects have carefully incorporated elements of ancient architecture, with Corinthian columns, frescoes and delicate ornamentation. A spectacular glass roof spans its entire length, allowing natural light to flood the interior. At the center of the gallery is an imposing cupola.
__ Since 1880, the Gallery's floor has been a work of art in itself, featuring a mosaic of marble and colored ceramic tiles by Giandomenico Facchina. The two photos I took there actually point to both main entrances to the 'Galerie'
__ Thank you very much for your recent visits and comments on my previous photo taken on the rooftop of the 'Centre Pompidou' or 'Centre Beaubourg', in Paris. I wish you a pleasant Summer week. Zoom in for a better view of the Galerie Vivienne's architectural features.
Comments (29)
virginiese
Oh! Mais tes deux photos sont superbes! J'ai moi-même mis une photo de la galerie Vivienne dans ma galerie il y quelques temps de ça mais les tiennes sont de véritables chefs-d'œuvre! Bravo! Bien entendu, j'attends d'autres photos de ton séjour parisien et merci pour ton commentaire sur ma dernière photo! Félicitations pour la qualité de ton travail artistique!
JeffersonAF
Beautiful capture my friend.
romangirl
Great capture!
VDH
Fantastic and very interestin capture !!!
FredNunes
Live to love images like this. Perspective. This is GREAT.
eekdog
cool hallway, nice DOF in your photo. would make a great render for scenes.
MeInOhio
Very nice photos. They remind me of the Gallery in downtown Cleveland. I think that's what it was called. It was a shopping center. I suppose it is still there.
OmniFX
Wow, amazing corridor, beautiful work of art in this architecture wonder. Excellent photos!
ShadowsNTime
So sorry I am late, had to buy a new monitor! I love the perspective of this wonderful image, I previously worked with stained glass I have a great respect for the many reflections the glass holds. The awesome architecture lends to ones dreams one way and the glass lends to dreams another way...Once again you have given a great lesson, I thank you for the teaching and the beauty! and for your lovely visits!
bakapo
Wow, how beautiful! I love all that glass.
rayag
The effect of perspective is outstanding!
gaius
Qui ce beau passage n'a-t-il pas fait rêver...on se sent projeté au XIXème siècle et l'on attend une belle en crinoline...des photos ici ? Non, des oeuvres d'art.
uncollared
Beautiful
APlusDesign
Whoa! This is beautiful. Love how you covered the length of it in this.
Richardphotos
it is very pleasant to look at. superb capture on your part
Richardphotos
Toronto has one that is nearly street wide, but this one is more elegant
MagikUnicorn
Magnifique endroit mais ta foutu le monde dehors pour la photo :)
SUPERBE
KarmaSong
Non, cousin, les Parisiens étaient encore au lit, c'était un dimanche matin très tôt !!! Le petit provincial que je suis n'aurait pas osé faire ça ! Mais merci tout de même pour ta remarque !
JohnnyM
Awesome photograph as always...makes one want to walk down this passage way! :-)
VirtualCity
You captured a beautiful part of Paris so well! Makes me want to go back.
Wolfenshire
I'd like to see that in person. Beautiful capture.
K_T_Ong
Lovely interior scene. Love the neo-classical design of the whole place. The flooring looks gorgeous as well. Someone should create a digital 3D model of this that can be used in Poser or DAZ Studio!
Good to see you've started posting your images here again, by the way. Keep up the good work. :)
hashdoc
great shot!
Flint_Hawk
What a fantastic place! Great captures!
starship64
What a lovely place.
anahata.c
thank you so much for commenting in my gallery...I'm late returning the kindness only because I've been offline a long time.
1) I appreciate the background information...I studied architectural history some years back (and did architectural drawing as part of my art training), so you'll always pull me in with fine architectural photography. You captured the gentle light of this space, but also its density. Part of it is your perspective, allowing the lines to pile into each other as we look towards the door. And, luckily, at least one place was lit inside, allowing that beautiful gold light to grace the hallway with its glow.
2) This is a more cloistered space, with beautiful muted light (we used to call it "northern" light, even though that doesn't apply to architectural interiors!) Sweet detail on the pillar/arch lines, and it's really sweet to see a couple talking intimately...as well as being able to glimpse the lights in the background. This reminds me (oddly) of a film, "The Russian Ark," because the actors moved through hall after hall like this (they were in a museum, though). Very sensitive architectural photography.
karasmic
A beautiful photograph of a beautiful space. Luckily it wasn't full of people at the time, though that could have made for a nice photo as well.
Leije
Moi aussi, je me suis posé la même question, quand j'habitais Paris, je suis passé plusieurs fois dans ces passages et il y avait beaucoup de monde, d'ailleurs, il y avait un problème de pollution de l'air par manque d'aération....mais tes photos sont superbes, Jean-Luc ! NB : ce que je raconte remonte à cinquante ans en arrière !
efron_241
your photo and information is so good
dakotajaroo
une photo qui a de la profondeur , et la qualité d'exposition est excellente