The newly renovated Musée de la Vie Romantique offers an alluring glimpse into the intense artistic and intellectual activity in the 19th-century Paris neighborhood nicknamed "La Nouvelle Athènes." Much of the museum chronicles the life, the loves, and the literary exploits of the era's most famous feminist, the indomitable George Sand. The current show "Storms and Shipwrecks" explores the Romantic period's twin fascination with the powerful forces of nature and the power of human drama, via paintings of churning seas, moodily menacing skies, hapless vessels tossed upon the waves, and tragic victims washed up on shore. For some calm after the storm, repair to the garden for a soothing herbal tea and exquisite pastries from the famed Rose Bakery. Until 12 September,
Carol Lockwood, Past Tense sub download
2ff7e9595c
Comments