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the Creationist Troll
Topic Started: May 18 2009, 05:21 AM (1,150 Views)
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May 21 2009, 06:30 AM
Diarmaid MacCulloch's The Reformation: A History, spends some early chapters on the Gothic art of early European churches. Must be something to actually see it.

As you keep saying, it inspired great art.
One of my favorites is Durant's Vol 4 of his "The Story of Civilization: The Age of Faith." It covers Europe from the time of Constantine to the birth of Petrarch around 1300 CE and Dante. A fascinating volume and I greatly enjoy Durant's method of covering history as an integrated whole rather than the story of the rich and brutal.

There is nothing that prepares you for the stained glass in Chartres; it is so breathtakingly beautiful. The "Blue Virgin" window must rank as one of the supreme artistic achievements of the Medieval.

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May 21 2009, 06:53 AM
I would love to see the great piles of rocks in Europe. However Alaska beckons me stronger...
So... do both!

Alaska is on our bucket list, but we started visiting France when our daughter did a semester abroad in Aix and then took a masters degree at the University of Montpellier in the south of France.

One of the most memorable moments took place when we were visiting Mont St. Michel in April. We had perfect "Channel weather" where the sun would be out for 5 minutes, then clouds, cold wind and rain would come sweeping in from the English Channel and across the "Baie."

We went back to the Mont after sunset and climbed as high as possible (the monastery at the top was closed) and stood on the ramparts - in the wind and rain - looking out over the black bay. It was possible to imagine what it might have been like to stand there and watch the English army as they invested the island during the Hundred Years War.

Dang.. keep this up and we're gonna be pulling out passports again!
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We might do both someday My husband has been to France for business. I'd love to see more pictures if you have them. The stained glass was drop dead gorgeous.
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May 21 2009, 08:14 AM
We might do both someday My husband has been to France for business. I'd love to see more pictures if you have them. The stained glass was drop dead gorgeous.
Asking to see pictures is dangerous, CEK! Photography is one of the passions in my life and I photograph almost everything.

The most incredible fountain I've ever seen. This is Apollo and his team of horses rising out of the fountain at Versailles.

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The Point du Hoc just to the west of Omaha Beach in Normandy. This is the site stormed by Rudder's Rangers who scaled the 100+ foot cliffs against heavy German defense. Out of 200+ who attacked, 95 survived uninjured. Reagan spoke here on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day.
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The Battery at Longues were an emplacement of 6" guns overseeing Utah Beach. It was destroyed by naval gunfire.
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The Cathedral at Bayeux - the first city liberated after D-Day.
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Monet's garden at Giverney
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My wife in front of William the Conqueror's Abbeye-aux-Hommes in Caen. William (or what's left of him) is buried here.
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William's grave
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Mont St. Michel
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The side of City Hall - a magnificent Gothic structure - in Rouen. The damage from Allied bomb blasts can be clearly seen.
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Self-explanatory - the Old Market in Rouen.
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The grave (one of them) of Richard the Lionhearted in the cathedral at Rouen. His heart was buried here while most of the rest of him at the royal abbey at Fontvreaud along with Henry II ("Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?") and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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It's only fair to warn you that I have more than 40,000 image sitting on my hard drive! Hope you enjoyed these.
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Wow!!! Thanks ngc.
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You are more than welcome, CEK. Unfortunately, these are low res scans of negatives and I'm too lazy to find the negs and rescan at higher resolution. I'm dying to get back to France with a DSLR rather than film!
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Im pretty pathetic. I have a nice DSLR, and still just use the automatic point and shoot.
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May 21 2009, 01:21 PM
Im pretty pathetic. I have a nice DSLR, and still just use the automatic point and shoot.
In photography - as in so many other things - the end result is all that counts. If you are happy with the photos that come out of the camera, that's the only criteria that needs to be met. My wife is absolutely delighted with the images she gets from her Nikon D40 and cares not a fig for the technical aspects of photography.
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