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PARIS, FRANCE Paris… One word is enough, one name to immediately, in romantic nostalgia, associate our thoughts with a city of love, city of light, of style, culture, art, spirit, with the capital of fashion, cuisine, wine, with architecture, museums, galleries, theatres and all the splendor of this vibrant gem whose glare lingers on. All explanations, no matter how long or amply, would be insufficient to depict its indescribable beauty and significance. Sometimes I think that they are not even necessary, because there is no person who haven’t heard of Paris and many had visit it, enjoying in city’s innumerable notabilities. One of the well known landmarks undoubtely is the Eiffel tower, a magnificent artistic installation which from the moment of its inauguration in 1889. leaves breathless and attracts millions of visitors. The tower is 300 meters high, weighs 7300 tones and there is 1665 steps that ascends to the top or, more accurately, to the platform from which a elevetor leads to the very peak. I came to Paris after one personal, life changing event so I decided to climb up the tower using stairs. With each one that I would overcome, Paris unfolded beneath my feat, the view has become more and more majestic and enthralling and all the way up was swift, relaxed and leisurely. I also had a opportunity to thoroughly examine the construction itself, compounded from 18038 pieces of iron attached together with 3.5 millions rivets. What is especially fascinating is the fact that the whole work was done by only 300 men. Sadly, this specific structure did not elude notorious human need to dispute and oppose anything new or different. The tower was heavily challenged in public which, above all, contested its aesthetic form so Eiffel was granted 20 years for his fabulous assembly, after which the tower was to be transferred uder city ownership with a plan to demolish it. Fortunately, this did not occur and Eiffel tower, evoking reverance and admiration, still proudly stands. The best way to familiarize with any town, particularly Paris, is to take a walk. It’s an unforgettable sensation just to wander off and get lost in its avenues, paved streets, vaulted aisles, shaded walkways, alongside countless coffee shops from wich a sweet, melancholic music echoes and caresses our ears, until one of beautiful squares opens before our eyes and than we can, for a while, feel like Parisians. Largest Parisian square is Place de la Concorde, jewelled with two amazing fountains, north fountain of the rivers and south fountain of the seas, as well as gigantic Egyptian obelisk Luxor, inscribed with hieroglyphs. The history of the square is not so glamorous as 1119 people was executed there during French revolution, including king Louis XVI and queen Marie Antoinette. A valid site to point out is Arc de Triomphe, a memorial to all those who fought and died for France, primly in Napoleonic wars, which is located in the heart of Charles de Gaulle square and with its monumentality simply entices and calls for a closer observation of details written on inner and outer surfaces – names of all French victories and generals. Under its vault lies a Tomb of an unknow soldier from World War I. Paris is also reputed for its numerous bridges over the river Seine and the one that mesmerized me the most is Ponte Alexandre III, completed in 1900. as a symbol of Franco-Russian alliance. The bridge is adorned with four pillars on top of which lies four guardian statues: Fame of the Sciences, Fame of the Arts, Fame of Commerce and Fame of Industry. In order not to block the scenery of Champs Élysées the bridge is somewhat lower, but that is not, by no means, a disadvantage because in that way it provide a dazzling perspective on Eiffel tower. Central arches are embellished by nymphs of Seine and Neve with reliefs of the arms of Paris and Imperial Russia. Glanced upon at twilight, while magically lit with ornated lanterns, the bridge with its luminous extravagance induces sparkling, fairytale emotions. Before I arrived in Paris, I knew of only one Notre-Dame and later discovered that every city in France that I visited has a cathedral of the same name. However, the most renowned and celebrated is this Parisian one. First time I heard of it was when I read Victor Hugo’s famous novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. I had an ineffable experience sitting in front of the church at a time when bells started to knell with their powerful, mighty, astonishing music whose cadence infiltrates in the very essence of human being and there, for a brief instant, encouraged by the look at gargoyles and chimeras on outside walls, in my imagination I could see Quasimodo, main figure of Hugo's novel, while he was, high in the belfries, lurking in shadows and swinging in the rhytm and dance of massive bells. The cathedral is built in gothic style and is distinguished by the symmetry and harmony of architectural elements. Its principal features are spaciousness, balance of the facade, refinement of the counterfort and invaluable stained-glass windows that emphasize all the lightness and slenderness of gothic architecture which characterize every part of this grandiose edifice. An interesting blend of modern and historic architecture can be found on the entrance to Louvre, another locale that comes to mind at the mention of Paris. Namely, there is a Glass Pyramid on the square in front of Louvre, designed in the fashion of those from bygone Egypt. Its sophisticated elegance, often described as ultra-modern, is in conscious contrast to the baroque ponderosity of the building and the dramatic intervention ensued from tendency to promote Louvre as a contemporary museum while retaining its true soul of an 800 years old palace of kings and reminder of glorious France. Such unusual solution, shaped in the symbol of divine, pharaonic magnitude, inspires an impression of distinction and pertinence and represent a worthy ingress into one of the world’s greatest treasuries of art. When we speak of Louvre, it’s inevitable to indicate one of the ultimate artworks of all times that this museum store within its walls: Mona Lisa. I remember with how much curiosity and excitement I awaited the moment when I will finally encounter this priceless piece, but in the end I was utterly disappointed: there is no way to get closer to that painting and savor a peaceful view at it. Instead of the solemn, sublime silence and atmosphere of awe which would be expected to surround us when we are just a few steps from something so supurbly grand, arround Mona Lisa reigned a general madness and circus. In the scuffle of cameras and mobile phones there was very little or no attention devoted to what really matters – the painting itself and Mona Lisa, without its own culpability, has lost its original artifice and become a means of self-promotion on photographs and social networks. In addition to Mona Lisa, Louvre is full of important works from all periods of human history, from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Persia, Middle East, across European Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque and other art directions. It’s hard to estimate how much time would took to see them all and percieve their preciousness, to comprehensively recognize this place that lauds man’s creativity, passion, imagination, ingenuity, which prove to us how the human spirit, in spite of everything, is capable of producing intangible, almost unimaginable beauty. This several short portrayals only approximately demonstrates all that Paris offers and with what it delights. For example, there is a charming street layout, rectilinear upbuilding, the landscaping of parks and trees with neatly and equally trimmed crowns. But, as I said at the beginning, Paris can’t be paraphrased, Paris must be adventured, an incredible city that patiently waits to be visited again, to reveal something new and yet unseen. Have you ever visited Paris? What are your impressions? Lokacija: Paris, France Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
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PARIZ, FRANCUSKA Pariz… Dovoljna je samo ta jedna riječ, sva druga objašnjenja, koliko god duga i opširna, bila bi nedostatna u opisivanju njegove ljepote i značaja, a već samo njegovo ime u nama budi nostalgične i romantične asocijacije na grad ljubavi, grad svjetla, stila, kulture, umjetnosti, duha, na prijestolnicu mode, glazbe, kuhinje, vina, na arhitekturu, muzeje, galerije, kazališta i sav sjaj ovog opjevanog dragulja neprolazne blještavosti. Ponekad mislim kako to i nije potrebno, jer ne postoji osoba koja nije čula za Pariz, a mnogi su ga već i posjetili i uživali u njegovim bezbrojnim znamenitostima. Jedna od najpoznatijih nesumnjivo je Eiffelov toranj, velebna umjetnička instalacija koja od trenutka svoje gradnje 1889. godine ostavlja bez daha i privlači milijune posjetitelja. Toranj je visok 300 metara, metalna konstrukcija teži 7300 tona, a do vrha ili, preciznije, do platforme s koje se na vrh uspinje dizalom, vodi 1665 stepenica. Pariz sam posjetila nakon jednog osobnog događaja koji mi je u potpunosti promijenio poglede na život pa sam se za uspon na Eiffelov toranj, unatoč dizalu, odlučila poslužiti upravo stubama. Sa svakom novom koju bih svladala Pariz se sve više otkrivao pod mojim nogama, pogled je postajao sve više veličanstven i očaravajući i cijeli put do vrha protekao je brzo, lako i ugodno. Također sam imala prigodu i detaljnije proučiti samu konstrukciju, sastavljenu od 18038 komada željeza spojenih s 3,5 milijuna zakovica, a osobito fascinira činjenica da je cijeli posao obavilo samo 300 radnika. Nažalost, ni ova specifična građevina nije izbjegla notornu ljudsku potrebu da se opire i protivi svemu novome i drugačijem pa je toranj doživio veliki otpor javnosti koja je, prije svega, osporavala estetiku njegove forme, a Eiffel je za postavu svoje instalacije dobio rok od 20 godina, nakon čega je toranj trebao prijeći u vlasništvo grada koji ga je planirao srušiti. Na svu sreću to se nije dogodilo i Eiffelov toranj, izazivajući divljenje i poštovanje, i danas ponosno stoji. Najbolji način za upoznavanje bilo kojeg grada, a posebice Pariza, jest šetnja. Nezaboravan je doživljaj jednostavno se izgubiti u njegovim avenijama, popločanim uličicama, nadsvođenim prolazima, hladovitim alejama, pored nebrojenih lokala iz kojih dopire i miluje nam uši slatko-sjetna glazba, sve dok nam se pred očima ne otvori jedan od njegovih prekrasnih trgova i tada se i sami nakratko možemo osjećati Parižanima. Najveći pariški trg je Place de la Concorde ili Trg sloge, a krase ga dvije predivne fontane, sjeverna fontana rijeka i južna fontana mora, kao i divovski, hijeroglifima dekorirani egipatski obelisk Luxor. Sama povijest trga i nije toliko blistava jer je za vrijeme Francuske revolucije na njemu pogubljeno 1119 osoba, među kojima i kralj Louis XVI i kraljica Marie Antoinette. Mjesto vrijedno spomena je i Arc de Triomphe, Slavoluk pobjede, spomenik podignut u čast borcima za Francusku, osobito onima iz Napoleonskih ratova, koji se nalazi u središtu Trga Charlesa de Gaullea i svojom monumentalnošću jednostavno plijeni, privlači i poziva na pomnije proučavanje svih detalja kojima je urešen – imena generala i pobjeda upisana na unutarnjoj i vanjskoj strani zidova, kao i grobnicu nepoznatog vojnika iz 1. svjetskog rata koja leži ispod njegovog luka. Pariz je poznat i po mnogobrojnim mostovima na rijeci Seine, a onaj koji me najviše opčinio je Ponte Alexandre III, podignut 1900. kao simbol francusko-ruskog prijateljstva. Most krase četiri stupa na čijim vrhovima počivaju četiri statue čuvarice: Slava znanosti, Slava umjetnosti, Slava trgovini i Slava industriji. Kako ne bi zaklanjao Champs Élysées most je nešto niži, ali to ni u kojem slučaju nije nedostatak jer se na taj način odlikuje predivnim pogledom na Eiffelov toranj. Središnji lukovi ukrašeni su nimfama Seine i Neve, s reljefnim grbovima Francuske i Carske Rusije, a promatran u suton, čarobno obasjan ornamentiranim svjetiljkama, most svojom ekstravagantnošću pobuđuje zanosno bajkovite osjećaje. Prije dolaska u Francusku znala sam za samo jednu katedralu Notre-Dame, a poslije sam otkrila kako katedrala u svakom francuskom gradu koji sam posjetila nosi isto ime. Međutim, svakako najslavnija i najpoznatija je upravo ova pariška. Za nju sam prvi puta čula i s njome se upoznala čitajući roman Victora Hugoa Zvonar crkve Notre-Dame. Neopisivo iskustvo doživjela sam sjedeći ispred crkve u trenutku kada su se zvona počela oglašavati svojom snažnom, moćnom i zadivljujućom glazbom koja kao da prodire u samu srž ljudskog bića i načas sam u mašti, potaknuta pogledom na vodorige i himere na vanjskim zidovima, mogla vidjeti Quasimoda, glavnog lika Hugoova romana, kako se visoko u tornjevima njiše u ritmu i plesu masivnih zvona. Katedrala je građena u gotičkom stilu i ističe se simetrijom i skladom arhitektonskih elemenata, a glavna su joj obilježja prostranost, uravnoteženost pročelja, elegancija kontrafora i vrlo vrijedni vitraži koji ističu svu lakoću i vitkost gotičke gradnje kojom se odlikuje svaki dio ovog grandioznog zdanja. Na zanimljiv primjer spoja moderne i povijesne arhitekture možemo naići ispred ulaza u Louvre, još jednog mjesta koje nam pada na pamet na sam spomen Pariza. Naime, na trgu pred Louvreom nalazi se Staklena piramida, dizajnirana u stilu onih iz staroga Egipta. Staklena elegancija, opisana kao ultramoderna, u svjesnom je kontrastu s baroknom težinom zgrade, a dramatična promjena nastala je kao rezultat težnje da se Louvre prometne u moderan muzej i u isto vrijeme ostane ono što jest: 800 godina stara palača kraljeva i spomenik slavne Francuske. Ovako neobično rješenje, oblikovano geometrijskim simbolom božansko-faraonske veličine, ostavlja dojam važnosti i posebnosti i predstavlja dostojan ulaz u jednu od najvećih riznica umjetnosti na svijetu. Kada spomenemo Louvre neizbježno je spomenuti i jednu od najvećih umjetnina u povijesti koje taj muzej čuva unutar svojih zidina: Mona Lisu. Sjećam se s koliko sam znatiželje i uzbuđenja očekivala trenutak kada ću se napokon uživo susresti s tim neprocjenjivim djelom, ali sam na koncu doživjela veliko razočaranje. Jednostavno ne postoji način da se približi toj slici i u miru uživa u pogledu na nju. Umjesto svečane, uzvišene tišine i atmosfere strahopoštovanja koja bi nas, na samo par koraka od nečega toliko vrijednog i velikog, očekivano trebala okruživati, oko Mona Lise je vladala opća ludnica i cirkus, a u metežu fotoaparata, kamera i mobitela vrlo je malo ili nimalo pažnje posvećeno onome doista bitnome – samoj slici koja kao da je, ne vlastitom krivnjom, izgubila svoj izvorni umjetnički karakter i postala sredstvo samopromocije na fotografijama i društvenim mrežama. Osim Mona Lise Louvre je prepun i drugih važnih djela iz svih razdoblja ljudske povijesti, od starog Egipta, Perzije, Grčke, Rima, Bliskog Istoka, preko europskog Srednjeg vijeka, renesanse, baroka i ostalih pravaca u umjetnosti, a teško je uopće procijeniti koliko bi vremena bilo potrebno da ih sve obiđe i sagleda njihovu dragocjenost, da se u potpunosti spozna ovo mjesto koje slavi čovjekovu kreativnost, strast, maštu, ingenioznost, što nam dokazuje koliko je ljudski duh, unatoč svemu, sposoban za stvaranje neopisive i neizrecive ljepote. Ovih nekoliko kratkih crtica i opisa ni izdaleka ne dočarava sve ono što Pariz nudi i čime oduševljava, kao što su na primjer ljupki raspored ulica i pravocrtna gradnja, uređenje parkova i stabla uredno i jednako podšišanih krošnji. Ali, kao što sam napomenula na početku, Pariz se ne može opisati, Pariz se mora doživjeti, nevjerojatni grad koji strpljivo čeka da ga se još jednom posjeti i otkrije nešto novo i dotad neviđeno. Jeste li i vi posjetili Pariz? Kakvi su vaši dojmovi? Lokacija: Paris, France Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)