Art, Art Institute of Chicago, History, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre Auguste Renoir: “Two Sisters on the Terrace” (1881)

July 13, 2016 — 1 Comment

Art, France, History, Impressionism

The History and Civilization of France in the 20th Century: The Belle Epoque

July 1, 2016 — 2 Comments

Art, Emma Lazarus, France, History, Musee du Louvre, poetry, Venus de Milo

Emma Lazarus’ “Venus of the Louvre”

April 24, 2016 — 3 Comments

Claude Monet, Historical Paris, Impressionism, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, Vincent Van Gogh

My Parisian Journey: Van Gogh at the Musée d’Orsay

February 23, 2016 — 1 Comment

France, History, Literature, Napoleon Bonaparte, poetry, Russia

Joel Barlow’s”Advice to a Raven in Russia”

January 31, 2016 — 3 Comments

Historical Paris, History of France, Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte, Paris and Egypt

November 13, 2015 — 7 Comments

Art, Dutch Painters, Johannes Vermeer, Musee du Louvre

My Impressions of Vermeer: The Lacemaker (1669)

July 12, 2015 — 2 Comments

France, History, Nineteenth Century, Paris

Writing in the City of Paris in the Nineteenth Century

February 18, 2015 — 0 Comments

Historical Paris, Honore de Balzac, Pere Lachaise Cemetery

My Parisian Journey: I have seen…Honoré de Balzac

November 2, 2014 — 8 Comments

France, History, Literature, poetry

An American in Paris : e e cummings 1926

October 22, 2014 — 0 Comments