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EN - The Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous monuments of Paris. It celebrates the great victories of the French army after the French revolutionary wars
FR - L'Arc de Triomphe est l'un des monuments parisiens les plus connu. Il célèbre les grandes victoires de la Révolution française et du Premier Empire.
Plus d'infos sur le blog : maoli.fr/blog/arc-de-triomphe-paris
Sun rising and the moon setting over the Clyde Arc on a very cold crisp morning. It was -8deg on the car temperature gauge when I got back to the car. Very cold but well worth it. My Cameras two batteries drained completely in about 1 hour, when in normal conditions they normally last about 3 days heavy shooting.
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch in Paris, located in the Place du Carrousel. It is an example of Neoclassical architecture in the Corinthian order. It was built between 1806 and 1808 to commemorate Napoleon's military victories of the previous year. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, at the far end of the Champs Élysées, was designed in the same year; it is about twice the size and was not completed until 1836.
The monument is 63 feet (19 m) high, 75 feet (23 m) wide, and 24 feet (7.3 m) deep.[2] The 21 feet (6.4 m) high central arch is flanked by two smaller ones, 14 feet (4.3 m) high, and 9 feet (2.7 m) wide. Around its exterior are eight Corinthian columns of marble, topped by eight soldiers of the Empire. On the pediment, between the soldiers, bas-reliefs depict:
the Arms of the Kingdom of Italy with figures representing History and the Arts
the Arms of the French Empire with Victory, Fame, History, and Abundance
Wisdom and Strength holding the arms of the Kingdom of Italy, accompanied by Prudence and Victory.
Napoleon's diplomatic and military victories are commemorated by bas-reliefs executed in rose marble. They depict:
the Peace of Pressburg
Napoleon entering Munich
Napoleon entering Vienna, sculptor Louis-Pierre Deseine
the Battle of Austerlitz, sculptor Jean-Joseph Espercieux
the Tilsit Conference
the surrender of Ulm, sculptor Pierre Cartellier
The arch is derivative of the triumphal arches of the Roman Empire, in particular that of Septimius Severus in Rome. The subjects of the bas-reliefs devoted to the battles were selected by the director of the Napoleon Museum (Paris) (located at the time in the Louvre), Vivant Denon, and designed by Charles Meynier.
The upper frieze on the on entablement has sculptures of soldiers: Auguste Marie Taunay's cuirassier (left), Charles-Louis Corbet's dragoon, Joseph Chinard's horse grenadier and Jacques-Edme Dumont's sapper.
The quadriga atop the entablement is a copy of the so-called Horses of Saint Mark that adorn the top of the main door of the St Mark's Basilica in Venice but during both French empires the originals were brought up for special occasions.
Designed by Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, the arch was built between 1806 and 1808 by the Emperor Napoleon I, on the model of the Arch of Constantine (312 AD) in Rome, as a gateway of the Tuileries Palace, the Imperial residence. The destruction of the Tuileries Palace during the Paris Commune in 1871, allowed an unobstructed view west towards the Arc de Triomphe.
It was originally surmounted by the Horses of Saint Mark from Saint Mark's Cathedral in Venice, which had been captured in 1798 by Napoleon. In 1815, following the Battle of Waterloo and the Bourbon restoration, France ceded the quadriga to the Austrian Empire which had annexed Venice under the terms of the Congress of Vienna. The Austrians immediately returned the statuary to Venice. The horses of Saint Mark were replaced in 1828 by a quadriga sculpted by Baron François Joseph Bosio, depicting Peace riding in a triumphal chariot led by gilded Victories on both sides. The composition commemorates the Restoration of the Bourbons following Napoleon's downfall.
The Arc du Carrousel inspired the design of Marble Arch, constructed in London between 1826 and 1833.
In english arc-en-ciel is translated by rainbow... here is a pun with river to reflect the arrival of the autumnal colours...!!!
On Explore...!!! Thank you very much to all of you my dear Flickr friends for your so kind comments...!!!
An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet…!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach…!!!
Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés…!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau…!!!
Here is the Arc de Triomphe, this photo is part of my urban landscape master class, it was a happy accident because I started to do a long exposure but there were too many cars so I took my camera off my tripod and I am quite happy with this end result!
The light art installation by Studio James Tapscott (Australia) at the pontoon at Marina Bay during iLight Singapore.
Déjà vu chez Yannick: www.flickr.com/photos/yannick_batman/4088179794/in/set-72...
Anto: www.flickr.com/photos/anto13/4305047054/in/set-7215762258...
et surement beaucoup d'autres.
The Arc Reactor and Hall of Armour were a couple of the last builds I did before ECCE and I had to deal with only the parts I had as I had no time left to Bricklink parts. Also, my parts were pretty exhausted at this point and I was still happy with the result.
Two more scratched off my list. I would have lit both builds, but some early morning wiring the week before the Expo resulted in me shorting out my remaining lights... Only thing I might change is the elastic in the center ring. I have black pneumatic tubing that I had intended to use because it would replicate the right width, but I couldn't bring myself to cut it.
First in a short series of arcs.
As seen a the Embarcadero Center, downown San Francisco.
Flickr Explore: 18/05/11 #141
From top to bottom: a circumzenithal arc, supralateral arc (a comparatively rare member of the halo family), Parry arc, upper tangent arc, and 22° halo; halos can have many forms, ranging from colored or white rings to arcs and spots, many of these near the Sun or Moon, others elsewhere or even in the opposite part of the sky, and haloes can form at 46° to the sun, or at the horizon, or around the zenith, appearing as full halos or incomplete arcs
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Fort Mill, SC – 2017NOV18 – Solar Halos
High thin cirrus clouds drifting above our heads produced ice halos displaying a range of atmospheric and meteorological optics from the familiar circle around the sun [or moon] – also this rare and prized event: the sky webbed by intricate arcs – plus a sun dog!
I got out my handy cell phone for some (fuzzy) captures!
Hope you enjoy the 46% of 13 photos I took here this day!
Four of the Southern Railway's elegant E-8s idle away at Ivy City engine yard in Washington DC. The units arrived on this morning's Southern Crescent and will return south on this evening's Crescent. The Crescent was named after the arc of its route from the New Orleans to New York. These E-units were dressed in a vibrant green and cream with gold lettering and stripes - even including the name of the train they were assigned to beneath the number boards. The installation of tank air reservoirs on the roof of the unit over each engine only enhanced the overall design. It's clearly obvious where the engine washing brushes contact the nose of the engine.
This is the rear face of the arc building in Hull. Try as I might, I couldn't get a decent picture out of the slopey side and the forest of solar panels & windmills, but the back is quite colourful! Sorry about the weeds.
Edit: I've just found arc's website, and there is a photo exactly like mine, even to the extent of correcting the verticals. Bugger. I didn't see it first, honest!
L'arc de triomphe de Barcelone a été construit par l'architecte Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas, en tant que porte principale de l'Exposition universelle de 1888 situé dans le parc de la Ciutadella.
Mark @ MMCBcapes.com.au updated his ARC cloth collection to now include gun holsters and extra pouch designs on the waistcapes. he also shortened the length a bit to make it a more accurate scale to the fig. These pieces look wonderful and are of the same tried & true quality we've all come to expect of his products! More pics of other figs soon to come!
*also in photo:Fineclonier decals
AndrewVxtc decals
Printed Arealight helmet
CAC helmets
A mono version of Water Arc Foss in the North Yorkshire Moors. A bit of a scramble to get down to this one but worth it hopefully!