I am all over the place these days, I have a bee-in-my-bonnet as they say and trying to pull my thoughts together in too many directions. So let's slow walk this week through my favorite parts of Versailles, the calm parts where you can rest your eyes. When you think of Chateau Versailles as a whole, calm is not the descriptive word that comes to mind, you think extravagance and visual excess, and Versailles is all those things but there are parts where it all comes together in a beautifully serene manner even when all the components tell you that it shouldn't be possible. This is one of my favorite photos that I took the day we visited Versailles (even though I had to crop out the bottom due to unsightly repair barriers), I think it appeals to the designer in me, a reminder, a lesson in the value of symmetry. All that gilt, carving, moulding, subject matter, and yet it remains calming to the eye.............amazing.
photo by Sande Chase
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ReplyDeleteYes, it's the symmetry and the muted colour palette which makes it quite calming - despite the ostentatious addition of gold. It's beautiful. Hope you'll soon find a bit of time to calm down too! Love from London xo
ReplyDeleteLove the photograph. You are so right; with all that is going on in this photograph, it is not overwhelming to view. I could stand a few more showing the halls of Versailles. - Tonya
ReplyDeletehow beautiful! Happy Thanksgiving, my friend! (I know you celebrate ahead of us, but I think I missed it!)
ReplyDeleteI adore this photo... crop away + you do a grand job. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
ReplyDeleteI love all those gilded frames, I am going to use gold and silver for my Christmas decor this year, its so opulent.
ReplyDeleteLee :)
We were just there in July.. and yes, lots to look at. This is a beautiful photograph :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. I remember that part of Versailles very well, now that you remind me of course:).
ReplyDeleteWow I'm loving that photo. Must list Versailles to my trip for 2013. :) Glad I've had pointers to note in here. Got my eye on your next posts.
ReplyDeleteIt appeals to me as a designer, and art history lover as well. The light plays such an important role in how we really "see" things especially here. Lovely snapshot.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgving!