This is a new statue in Paris near the Place de Clichy, Paris 18. It has a very interesting story: it replaces the statue of Charles Fourier which was melted down (fondu) by the Germans during the war.
Why the fourth apple? The first was the apple offered to Adam by Eve in the Garden of Eden, the second offered to Venus by Paris, the third, the one that dropped on Newton's head.
Fourier's theories on society were illustrated by an apple, when he realised the apple he ate as a dessert at a restaurant in Paris was 100 times the price he bought it in the country.
But you can read all about it in ENGLISH on a superb blog
or in FRENCH, it's own special site.
People passing by are very intrigued and what a pity (quel dommage) the very small plaque doesn't explain all this and doesn't give the internet address of the site.I intend (j'ai l'intention) next time I go to take a pen and write the address on it!
Tag - statue
Wednesday, February 9 2011
THE FOURTH APPLE
By carolweb on Wednesday, February 9 2011,
Saturday, April 17 2010
Success - a win with a prize.
By carolweb on Saturday, April 17 2010,
Hooray again!
I'm having a run of success in the challenges on the redbubble site, how encouraging!
I won a challenge with a prize of a $20 voucher to spend on the site!
In the "Wall of the World" group I was voted the best out of 33 entries with my photo in the challenge "Wall with a person".
Here is my winning photo
It is a photo of a statue in Paris to commemorate the writer Marcel Aymé; it represents the main character in his short story "Passe Muraille" about the man who could pass through walls. You can read a shorter version of the story translated into English HERE. Enjoy it.
CLICK and look at the other photos in the challenge.
2 days ago another photo was voted in the Top Ten of the "Extreme Close-ups" group in the challenge "Lichens and mosses", here it is:
These are true colours, these lichens were growing on a tree trunk in my garden in Charente Maritime, France.
If you want to see the other entries CLICK HERE