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<title><![CDATA[Les "Mardis de l'IFEC" à Blois]]></title>
<link>http://sergeaubailly.wordpress.com/?p=377</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aubailly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ Christophe Priem, Président de l’IFEC Orléans, organise le jeudi 9 Octobre 2008, une réunion]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://sergeaubailly.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/christophe-priem.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-389" title="christophe-priem" src="http://sergeaubailly.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/christophe-priem.jpg?w=79" alt="" width="79" height="96" /></a> Christophe Priem, Président de l’IFEC Orléans, organise le jeudi <strong>9 Octobre 2008</strong>, une réunion,animée par Jean-Jacques Ussel, avocat au barreau de Blois, qui abordera le thème de « l’actualité sociale ». Cette réunion se déroulera au Centre de gestion de Blois, au 16 rue de la vallée Maillard.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;">Les principaux sujets traités seront :</p>
<p style="padding-left:90px;text-align:justify;">- La création de la procédure conventionnelle de rupture du contrat de travail,<br />
- Les évolutions du forfait en jours pour les cadres et les non cadres,<br />
- Les nouvelles règles concernant les périodes d’essai (durée, délai de prévenance en cas de rupture...),<a href="http://sergeaubailly.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ifec_orleans-couleur.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-386 alignright" title="IFEC_ORLEANS" src="http://sergeaubailly.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/ifec_orleans-couleur.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="164" height="135" /></a><a href="http://sergeaubailly.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ifec_orleans-nb.jpg"></a><a href="http://sergeaubailly.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/image002.jpg"></a><a href="http://sergeaubailly.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/2.jpg"></a><br />
- Nouvel effet libératoire du reçu pour solde de tout compte,<br />
- Évolution de l’indemnité légale de licenciement,<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';"> </span><br />
- Le CDD d’objectif,<br />
- Actualité juriprudentielle.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Les Mardis de l'IFEC]]></title>
<link>http://sergeaubailly.wordpress.com/?p=305</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aubailly</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sergeaubailly.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/les-mardis-de-lifec-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A noter dans vos agendas !
 
9 Octobre à Blois : actualité sociale
14 Octobre à l&#8217;Universi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;">A noter dans vos agendas !</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">9 Octobre à Blois :<strong> actualité sociale</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">14 Octobre à l'Université d'Orléans :<strong> les jeunes et la dynamique de recrutement pour la profession ( université, communication...) avec les enseignants</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">21 Octobre à Vierzon :<strong> la dynamique de la profession comptable au sens large en région, avec les anciens présidents régionaux IFEC<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Les Mardis de l'IFEC]]></title>
<link>http://sergeaubailly.wordpress.com/?p=70</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aubailly</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sergeaubailly.fr.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/les-mardis-de-lifec/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A noter dans vos agendas !
 
9 Octobre à Blois : actualité sociale
14 Octobre à l&#8217;Universi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:Arial;">A noter dans vos agendas !</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">9 Octobre à Blois :<strong> actualité sociale</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">14 Octobre à l'Université d'Orléans :<strong> les jeunes et la dynamique de recrutement pour la profession ( université, communication...) avec les enseignants</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">21 Octobre à Vierzon :<strong> la dynamique de la profession comptable au sens large en région, avec les anciens présidents régionaux IFEC<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Primeiro post da França!]]></title>
<link>http://saleagua.wordpress.com/?p=50</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pablo Tadeu</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Oi meu povo!!!!
Nos desculpem a demora!! Mas vamos lá!! Nosso primeiro post direto da França! Poss]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Oi meu povo!!!!</strong></p>
<p>Nos desculpem a demora!! Mas vamos lá!! Nosso primeiro post direto da França! Posso dizer que estamos muito bem, estamos muito felizes e tudo está indo "trée-bien"!!!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Dia 1- A viagem (by Pablo)<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Malas prontas, despedidas familiares feitas, lá estamos no primeiro vôo que nos levaria para SP. De Guarulhos, um vôo TAM nos levaria direto para Paris, sem escalas. Ainda em Confins, tentamos declarar nossos bens na Alfândega de lá, mas fomos muito mal atendidos (e coloca mal atendidos nisto) e o policial federal apenas grunhiu que isto deveria ser feito em  SP. “Tudo bem, então faremos em SP”, pensei. Então, eis que surge o primeiro problema da viagem: nosso vôo para Paris, em Guarulhos, era no terminal 1, e a policia federal era no terminal 2, e tínhamos somente 20 minutos para correr os 500  metros que separam um terminal do outro, preencher a papelada, voltar mais 500  metros e fazer o check-in denovo. Fizemos tudo isso em 25 minutos! Foi uma correria louca e uma fila louca. Domingo a tarde, em Guarulhos, fica tudo muito cheio. Já no avião, sentamos nas poltronas e finalmente pudemos relaxar. Os lanchinhos do avião foram bem bacanas, apesar de não terem matado a minha fome. A Thais conseguiu dormir um pouco mais do que eu, que praticamente passei às 12 horas acordado, na expectativa.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc000051.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc000051.jpg?w=300" alt="Mapa do Vôo" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://saleagua.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc000032.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc000032.jpg?w=300" alt="Avião Airbus A330" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Em pouco tempo depois, já estávamos desembarcando. Logo de cara, veio a imigração.<span> </span>Me perguntaram para onde eu estava indo e se tínhamos família em Paris. Foi só. Tivemos nosso passaporte carimbado e nem revistaram nossas bolsas. Foi aí que apareceu o segundo problema da viagem: as rodinhas da mala da Thais simplesmente desapareceram! E não é uma mala pequena não... é uma baita mala! Então, daqui pra frente, todas a vezes que me imaginar, adicione a minha imagem mental uma big mala preta de 16kg sendo carregadas nas costas, ok?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">O próximo passo da viagem foi pegar o trem para Tours, nossa primeira parada. Logo de cara, tivemos que pedir informações num guichê da companhia ferroviária da França, a SNCV. Do outro lado do balcão, uma francesinha arrogante que, ao ouvir nosso inglês, respondeu somente o necessário e com cara de poucos amigos. Dizem que a primeira impressão é a que fica, mas esta foi a única vez que foram grosseiros com a gente. Em todas as outras vezes que fizemos contato com os franceses,<span> </span>a maioria foi amistosa,<span> </span>simpática e prestativos. Quando falávamos em frances então, a comunicação ficava ainda mais fácil.<span> </span>Contudo, a maioria de nossos contatos foram com franceses aqui do interior... vamos ver como fica em Paris! hehehe</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Fato 1 da França </strong>– aprenda o básico de francês quando vier a França Vai te facilitar meio caminho. Mesmo que depois você acabe tendo que falar inglês, todos ficam muito felizes em ouvir um estrangeiro tentando falar sua língua, e ajudam sem problemas.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Conseguimos comprar nosso ticket para Tours, pegamos o TGV (trem de alta velocidade) e viemos. Na vinda, as paisagens já mostravam que a viagem seria inesquecível.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Por sorte, o hotel fica perto da estação central aqui em Tours, então tive que ombrar a mala da Thais por não mais do que uns 1.000  metros.</p>
<p><strong>Dia 1 - parte 2 (by Thais)</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Ao chegarmos no hotel, conversamos facilmente com a recepcionista. Quandoos franceses querem, eles falam inglês muito bem. O hotel tem um restaurante muito bonitinho, e o quarto apesar de ser básico é bem legal também. Ah! Um detalhe..na parte do chuveiro, há uma peça precida com um chuveirinho gigante, você tira ele lá e cima e se banha..entende? Super assim...básico, digamos..mas pelos menos, há uma pia no banheiro!!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">De banho tomado, saímos para conhecer um pouco da cidade a pé mesmo. Há muitos restaurantes, bares, e pontos comerciais, e ficamos também impressionados com a quantidade de jovens que há pelas ruas, uns até bem estranhos para serem franceses...hihihi..Fomos ao Mc Donald’s, e tivemos muita sorte, os preços não ao muito diferentes, e a atendente foi muito educada, tentando falar em<span> </span>inglês com a gente, e ainda elogiou o francês de Pablo.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Depois de alimentados, saímos andando para explorar o local. Visitamos o “Office de Tourism” daqui, pegamos alguns folders e informações importantes, lá também dá para comprar souvenirs,. Aproveitamos para visitar a “Cathedral St. Gatien”, lá não paga para entrar, mas tem um “recolhedor de moedas” bem direto na porta. A arquitetura é no estilo gótico, muito rebuscado, por dentro e por fora, há vitrais lindos, e esculturas no interior, o passeio é rápido, mas vale a pena. Ao sair de lá encontramos um telefone público, coisa que reparamos ser rara por aqui.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://saleagua.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc00016.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-56" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc00016.jpg?w=300" alt="Chatedral St. Gatien (Gótica)" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Passeamos por uma das ruas, olhando as lojas, a maioria já fechada, pois eram quase 19hs, mas o sol ainda estava brilhando..fomos a um supermercado para comprar nosso “jantar”, e aproveitamos para exercer a política do ecologicamente correto, adquirimos uma sacola que poderá ser usada em outras compras. Então, voltamos para o hotel para enfim descansar do longo dia.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Dia 02 – Os Castelos (by Pablo)<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">O segundo dia começou cedo. As 07 horas o despertador tocou mas não tivemos coragem de sair da cama, em função do frio. Apesar de ser primavera, as temperaturas variam entre 05 e 20 graus. Ao sol, é muito agradável comer ou mesmo apreciar a vista... na sombra e com vento, melhor estar agasalhado.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Logo cedo, fomos a Avis pegar o carro que alugamos. Sinto decepcionar meio mundo, mas o Peugeot não estava disponível (sim, eu também fiquei muito triste). No lugar, nos deram um VW Towan, que mais parece um Fiat Doblô melhorado. Por dentro, o carro é muito legal. O mais importante é que, se pisar, responde. Motor diesel,<span> </span>interior confortável, seguimos viagem. Os destinos do dia: Cidade de Blois e seu castelo, Castelou de Chamboard (o maior da França) e o moderno castelo de Cheverny. O PSP com GPS quebrou um galhão, apesar de dar pau toda hora, e apesar da Thais precisar ficar de vez em quando segurando o bichinho pra fora da janela pra ver se localizava algum satélite.<span> </span>As estradas da França são um tapete! O pedágio das auto-estradas são caros, mas o asfalto, sinalização e os motoristas não existem. Basta dizer que não ouvi nenhuma buzina até agora, e que vimos apenas uma ultrapassagem em todo o período. Todos são calmos, respeitam a sinalização, respeitam os pedestres, respeitam os limites de velocidades e são pacientes e educados no trânsito. Isto aqui é, realmente, outro mundo.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Blois</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong> </strong>A cidade é muito legal. É uma mistura de vanguarda com antiguidade. Notamos claramente que ela é menos comercial que nossa sede Tours, e muito simpática em cada detalhe. Os estacionamentos públicos funcionam a base de uma máquina de moedas, em que você coloca o dinheiro e a máquina lhe diz quanto tempo dá. Só como exemplo, colocamos 2 euros e podíamos ficar 4 horas parados.<span> </span>Andando pela cidade, percebemos como os franceses do interior são tranqüilos. Todos andam com calma pelas ruas e não vemos carros correndo. Não existe pressa neste lado do mundo, e se vc colocar o pé em uma passagem de pedestres, os carros vão parar.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://saleagua.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc00039.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc00039.jpg?w=300" alt="A simpatica Blois" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Fomos até o Chateau du Blois, o primeiro de nossa vista. Como todos os castelos, ele é bem bonito e muito bem conservado. Vários estudantes, de várias idades, estavam tendo aulas de desenho ao ar livre. Passeamos por dentro do castelo, vimos todos os detalhes e, como era quase hora do almoço, decidimos beber algo e descansar um pouco na pracinha em frente ao castelo. Aqui, vale dizer que a vista do rio Loire é espetacular. Este rio é o mais importante da região, e ele também divide várias cidades.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://saleagua.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc00040.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-58" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc00040.jpg?w=300" alt="Chateau du Bloise" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Chamboard</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong> </strong>Saindo de Blois, fomos até Chamboard. Este sim, um castelo lindo, gigante e muito turístico. Acho que nunca vi tamanha beleza em  minha vida. Basta dizer que um dos desenhistas deste castelo foi ninguém menos que DaVinci, que por sinal morreu em um dos enormes quartos deste maravilhoso castelo. As escadas que ele desenhou são maravilhosas, assim como todo o resto.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://saleagua.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc00072.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-59" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc00072.jpg?w=300" alt="A estradinha do Castelo" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://saleagua.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc00078.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-60" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc00078.jpg?w=300" alt="Chateau du Chamboard" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://saleagua.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc00114.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-61" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc00114.jpg?w=300" alt="O carro e o Pablo" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Cheverny</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">No caminho para Cheverny, encontramos uma feirinha de frutas muito simpática, num local de pouco turismo, bem no centro da cidade (que nem sei o nome, mas foi no meio do caminho) Lá, compramos framboesas, amoras e maçãs, junto com os moradores locais.  O vendedor foi muito educado, e falamos tudo em francês! Oui!!!!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://saleagua.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc00115.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc00115.jpg?w=300" alt="As Frutas" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">Para fechar os castelos, visitamos o moderno Cheverny. Este castelo é uma homenagem à caça esportiva. É um castelo muito bem conservado por dentro, com várias salas e ambientes muito bem decorados. Foi uma grata surpresa encontramos um folheto escrito em Português, além da recepcionista que nos falou um simpático “obrigado”<span> </span>carregado de sotaques. Nota para a criação de cachorros perdigueiros do castelo, com mais de 300 animais reunidos num canil gigantesco. Os jardins também são lindos.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://saleagua.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/dsc00149.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-63" src="http://saleagua.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/dsc00149.jpg?w=300" alt="Chateau du Cheverny" width="300" height="224" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong>A volta</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong> </strong>Na volta, passamos por uma estradinha secundária, tanto para fugir do pedágio quanto para ver outros ares. Valeu cada km, tanto pela paisagem quanto pelo clima do interior.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;">No hotel, tivemos um jantar muito bem servido, com uma deliciosa sopa de tomates, lasanha a bolonhesa e um vinho que, putz... nunca bebi um vinho como esse de agora.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong> Fato 2 da França:</strong> Os “Vins a la reglette” estão presentes em toda a   França. São os vinhos da região do restaurante, que vêm servidos numa garrafa comum, mas são muitos bons e muito baratos. Tomei quase meia garrafa do melhor vinho que já provei na vida e paguei apenas 2 euros por isto.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;"><strong> Amanha vamos visitar mais castelos! Fique conosco! Abraços a todos!<br />
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>papilias</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Am 26. April 1575 wurde Maria von Medici geboren. Sie war die zweite Frau des französischen Königs]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Am 26. April 1575 wurde <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_Medici" target="_blank">Maria von Medici</a> geboren. Sie war die zweite Frau des <a title="Frankreich" href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankreich">französischen</a> Königs <a title="Heinrich IV. (Frankreich)" href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_IV._%28Frankreich%29">Heinrich IV.</a> und Mutter <a title="Ludwig XIII. (Frankreich)" href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_XIII._%28Frankreich%29">Ludwigs XIII</a>. Maria heiratete erst mit 25 Jahren, spät für die Zeit, vor allem da sie eine der reichsten Erbinnen Europas war.</p>
<p>Interessant ist: Die Heirat war eine Heirat <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauung_per_Stellvertreter" target="_blank">per procurationem</a>. Heinrich war also nicht selbst bei der Zeremonie, sondern ließ sich vertreten. Persönlich trafen sich die beiden erst rund zwei Monate später. Bei Fürstenhochzeiten soll das noch nicht einmal ungewöhnlich gewesen sein.</p>
<p>Genauso glücklich wie die Ehe anfing ging sie auch weiter. Heinrich hatte zahlreiche Geliebte und viele uneheliche Kinder.</p>
<p>1610 wurde Maria in der <a title="Basilika Saint-Denis" href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilika_Saint-Denis">Basilika Saint-Denis</a> zur Königin gekrönt. Im Falle von Heinrichs Tod könnte sie somit die Regentschaft für ihren unmündigen Sohn Ludwig übernehmen. Kurioserweise wurde Heinrich tatsächlich am nächsten Tag von dem katholischen Fanatiker <a title="François Ravaillac" href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ravaillac">François Ravaillac</a> erdolcht. Es war der 18. Attentatsversuch.</p>
<p>Maria hatte vorher noch kein Interesse an Politik gezeigt und brachte auch nicht die besten Voraussetzungen für diese Aufgabe mit. Sie galt als kontaktscheu, leicht beeinflussbar und launenhaft. Trotzdem war Maria  ehrgeizig und machte sich im Laufe der Zeit immer mehr politische Gegner. Auch als Ludwig volljährig war wollte sie ihre Machtstellung nicht aufgeben.</p>
<p>1617 befreite sich befreite Ludwig XIII. aus der Vormundschaft seiner Mutter und verbannte sie nach <a title="Schloss Blois" href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Blois">Blois</a>. Zwei Jahre später durfte sie an den Königshof zurückkehren, doch es kriselte zwischen ihr und Ludwig. 1631 wurde Maria des Hochverrats schuldig gesprochen und 1642 starb sie schließlich verarmt in Köln.</p>
<p>Zum Nach- und Weiterlesen: <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_Medici#" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> und eine <a href="http://www.kleio.org/de/geschichte/frauen/m_medici.html" target="_blank">Kurzbiographie</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_Medici#" target="_blank">Maria von Medici</a></p>
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<link>http://commedesrois.wordpress.com/?p=80</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aujourd'hui chers lecteurs, nous vous proposons une devinette drôlement difficile après avoir croisé ce convoi qui s'apprétait à traverser la Loire à Blois.<br />
<strong>Qu'est ce que c'est que ça ?</strong></p>
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<a href="http://commedesrois.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/eolien.gif" title="eolien.gif"><img src="http://commedesrois.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/eolien.gif" alt="eolien.gif" /></a></p>
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1 - Les nouvelles piles du pont Jacques Gabriel de Blois.<br />
2 - Les structures du prochain tunnel à castors qui doit relier les deux rives de Chaumont en passant sous la Loire.<br />
3 - Les piles Alcalines neuves pour la centrale nucléaire de Saint-Laurent-Nouan.<br />
4 - Des fuselages d'Airbus A380 qui se sont perdus entre Bordeaux et Toulouse et qui cherchent à faire demi-tour.<br />
5 - Des silos géants sécurisés destinés à stocker le blé produit en Beauce et dont le prix a doublé en un an.<br />
6 - La nouvelle oeuvre de Daniel Buren, une série de colonnes qui seront placées dans les pelouses du Château de Chambord (les rayures seront peintes sur place).<br />
7 - Des supports de ventilateurs géants en prévision du réchauffement de la planète.</p>
<p>On attend vos réponses ...</p>
<p>Réponse du 5 avril: ce sont les mâts d'éoliennes de passage vers le site beauceron le long de l'autoroute A11. 25 sont installées en ce moment.</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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These are 3 miniature watercolours [10cmx10cm] which I have just finished painting.


Brazilian arc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/lovolcanhavre.jpg" title="le volcan du Havre"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/bloglovolcanhavre.jpg" alt="Niemeyer's Volcano in Le Havre" align="left" border="0" height="150" hspace="5" width="152" /></a></p>
<p align="justify">These are 3 miniature watercolours [10cmx10cm] which I have just finished painting.</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/loroseraieblesoise.jpg" title="la Roseraie Blésoise (Blois)" target="_blank"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/blogloroseraieblesoise.jpg" alt="La roseraie Blésoise (Blois)" align="right" border="0" height="151" hspace="5" width="150" /></a></p>
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<p align="justify">Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyers <i>Volcano </i>in the Normandy city of Le Havre (left) to start with;</p>
<p align="justify">Secondly, the <i>Rose Garden</i> in Blois, in the Loire Valley (right);</p>
<p align="justify">And lastly, more surreal and metaphorical, <i>Sisyphus at rest</i> (below).</p>
<p align="justify">For the benefit of those who don't know about the myth, Sisyphus is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolus" title="Aeolus" target="_blank">Aelous</a>'s son. He proved shrewed enough so that he was able to thwart death itself, which he managed to shackle so that he wouldn't be sent to Hell.  As a consequence he was punished for eternity, a punishment known as Sisyphean Challenge, whereby "<i>Zeus displayed his own cleverness by binding Sisyphus to an eternity of frustration. Accordingly, pointless or interminable activities are often described as Sisyphean. Sisyphus was a common subject for ancient writers and was depicted by the painter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygnotus" title="Polygnotus">Polygnotus</a> on the walls of the Lesche at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi" title="Delphi">Delphi</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pausanias_%28geographer%29" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a> x. 31)</i>".</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/losisypherepos.jpg"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/bloglosisypherepos.jpg" alt="Sisyphe au repos (Mythe Grec)" align="left" border="0" height="152" hspace="5" width="150" /></a></p>
<p align="justify">But the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Sisyphus" title="Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus" target="_blank">The Myth of Sisyphus</a> </i>is also the title of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus" title="Albert Camus" target="_blank">Albert Camus</a>'s first , and famous, philosophical essay, an essential piece of literature in which the author is depicting his cynical, yet optimistic, view of the world that surrounds us. In this essay, Camus postulates that the world is absurd, and that all human activity on the surface of this earth is no less absurd. He therefore likens the human condition to that of poor Sisyphus, who was forced to push or carry a heavy boulder uphill on an interminable slope. Yet, according to Camus, life is good despite all this, and it is deemed worth living. This is what I imagined in this picture. Sisyphus, a man of today but also of all time, is rolling his boulder upwards as if nothing happened. But in this picture he is also taking his time to breathe before his task is finished. As it will never be finished, the picture shows a scene which is in theory impossible, but as the world <i>is</i> absurd anyway, it doesn't matter that much. Sisyphus understands that this task is useless, that it will take him nowhere and he decides to have a short break before resuming.</p>
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<p align="justify"><i>"the</i><i> fight for any summit, is in itself sufficient for a man to feel contented. One has to imagine that Sisyphus could be a happy man.</i>" (Albert Camus, <i>The Myth of Sisyphus</i>)</p>
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<p align="justify"> A philosophy I can relate to, disillusioned but certainly not in the least pessimistic.</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>visionarymarketing</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[3 mini aquarelles [10cmx10cm] qui sortent à peine de mon atelier.


Le volcan du Havre (gauche), l]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/lovolcanhavre.jpg" title="le volcan du Havre"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/bloglovolcanhavre.jpg" alt="Le volcan du Havre " align="left" border="0" height="150" hspace="5" width="152" /></a>3 mini aquarelles [10cmx10cm] qui sortent à peine de mon atelier.</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/loroseraieblesoise.jpg" title="la Roseraie Blésoise (Blois)" target="_blank"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/blogloroseraieblesoise.jpg" alt="La roseraie Blésoise (Blois)" align="right" border="0" height="151" hspace="5" width="150" /></a></p>
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<p align="justify">Le volcan du Havre (gauche), l'œuvre de l'architecte brésilien Oscar Niemeyer,</p>
<p align="justify">La roseraie de Blois (droite),</p>
<p align="justify">Et enfin, plus allégorique et surréaliste, un Sisyphe au repos (en bas).</p>
<p align="justify">Pour ceux qui ne connaîtraient pas le <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphe" title="Le mythe de Sisyphe - Sisyphe au repos" target="_blank">mythe</a>, Sisyphe est le fils d'Eole. Il s'est montré suffisamment malin pour déjouer la mort elle-même qu'il enchaîna afin qu'elle ne pût l'emmener aux enfers. En punition, "<i>pour avoir osé défier les dieux, Sisyphe fut condamné à rouler éternellement une pierre jusqu'en haut d'une colline alors qu'elle redescendait chaque fois avant de parvenir à son sommet, tel que raconté dans</i> <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Odyss%C3%A9e" title="L'Odyssée">l'Odyssée</a>" (<a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphe" title="Wikipedia" target="_blank">source Wikipedia</a>).</p>
<p align="justify"><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/losisypherepos.jpg"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/bloglosisypherepos.jpg" alt="Sisyphe au repos (Mythe Grec)" align="left" border="0" height="152" hspace="5" width="150" /></a></p>
<p align="justify">Mais surtout, <i><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mythe_de_Sisyphe" target="_blank" title="Le Mythe de Sisyphe">le Mythe de Sisyphe</a></i> est le titre d'un livre d'Albert <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus" target="_blank" title="Albert Camus">Camus</a>, son premier essai philosophique , où l'auteur insiste sur l'absurdité du monde et de la condition humaine d'où la comparaison avec ce héros absurde. Malgré cela, Camus y établit que la vie, malgré l'absurdité de son destin, vaut quand-même la peine d'être vécue. C'est ce que j'ai imaginé ici. Sisyphe - l'homme d'aujourd'hui, mais aussi celui de tout temps - pousse sa pierre, mais il prend le temps de souffler avant de recommencer à la hisser en haut de cette colline (ce qui est en soi déjà absurde puisqu'il n'est pas censé s'arrêter). Il sait que cela ne sert à rien, que ce jeu est absurde, mais il s'y prête, presque par plaisir, un peu comme ces sportifs qui tournent en rond dans des exercices inutiles mais qui y trouvent néanmoins une portion de plaisir.</p>
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<p align="justify">« La lutte elle-même vers les sommets suffit à remplir un cœur d'homme. Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux. » (Albert Camus, <i>Le Mythe de Sisyphe</i>)</p>
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<link>http://claudesdailysnap.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/sorting-trees-out/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://claudesdailysnap.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/chateau-de-blois-statue/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Claude</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Blois]]></title>
<link>http://osbornb.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/blois/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>osbornb</dc:creator>
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Blois
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Something from my photo archive – for the season, I suppose]]></description>
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<span style="font-size:0.9em;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/osbornb/55334803/">Blois</a><br />
Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/osbornb/">Osbornb</a>.<br />
</span>Something from my photo archive – for the season, I suppose. This is St. Nicolas' Church in Blois.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[It worked! I slept until 6 am. ]]></title>
<link>http://filmhacks.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/it-worked-i-slept-until-6-am/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Peggy Archer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;ve been back, I&#8217;ve been dead tired by 8pm (not normal end-of-the-day tired, eith]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since I've been back, I've been dead tired by 8pm (not normal end-of-the-day tired, either. Dead dog can't stay awake one more second tired) and have been waking up at around 3:30 am. Since I refuse to get out of bed that early on general principles, I've been tossing and turning until the morning news comes on. For some reason once the a.m. news is on I feel okay getting up and puttering around before having to take a nap at noon in order to stay awake until 8 pm.</p>
<p>Dammit.</p>
<p>But yesterday morning, tired of freezing my ass off, I called the gas company and used the magic words: "I smell gas when I try to light my heater".</p>
<p>They promised to have someone over that day, which I suppose is technically true - the guy finally came at 11:30 pm and lit the heater in about 45 seconds, but the really important thing was that I managed to stay awake late enough that I slept until 6 am.</p>
<p>Hooray! We'll see how late I can stay up tonight. I may go see  a movie, but there's not that much playing right now at any theater I can get into for free, so I may just stay home and watch old episodes of <em>The Simpsons</em>.</p>
<p>Anyways, more about the trip:</p>
<p>We'd flown into De Gaulle (which is north of the city), but since were were driving south and anything involving a car and Paris is really best avoided altogether, we picked the car up at Orly - because of the transit strike, it took us a couple of hours to get there from our hotel (only one train out of 10 was running, so we sat on on the subway platform for about an hour).</p>
<p>If you've never seen it, Orly is easily the ugliest airport I've ever seen - think Soviet era block construction with a faded, pigeon-splattered facade that's seen better days. I was afraid to take a photo in case the French were as hysterical about photos in airports as we are. There were hoards of angry-looking cops everywhere, so I decided not to chance it.</p>
<p>After a quick trip into the terminal for a cup of coffee, we got our car (which took well over an hour due to some confusion) and headed out.</p>
<p>Of course, as soon as I got behind the wheel of the first stick shift I've driven in years  it started to pour rain, and we were unable to figure out how to turn on the windshield wipers - the car's manual didn't help as it was written in French, so I ended up just having to hit the washer button every 15 seconds until I accidentally turned on the wipers (and then couldn't figure out how to turn them off once the rain stopped, of course).</p>
<p>Once we managed to get on the big highway, we got to Orleans pretty quickly and then we decided to get out, walk around and have lunch.</p>
<p>Orleans' old city (near the cathedral which seems to be the main tourist draw) is really cute, and even though it was pouring (I got completely soaked) it was still very charming:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peggyarcher/2069349893/" title="Courtyard by Peggy Archer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2069349893_c389e7b935_m.jpg" alt="Courtyard" height="160" width="240" /></a></p>
<p>Since everything was closed, we headed out and this time we stayed off the superhighway and drove on the back roads, which was a very good call since we stumbled upon a town called Beaugency.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peggyarcher/2069353443/" title="Church tower by Peggy Archer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/2069353443_93d464ac1c_m.jpg" alt="Church tower" height="240" width="160" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peggyarcher/2069356209/" title="Beaugency by Peggy Archer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2297/2069356209_9e2f20dc6f_m.jpg" alt="Beaugency" height="240" width="160" /></a></p>
<p>We braved the rain, took some photos and found an open bakery where we loaded up on bread, but I couldn't find any coffee - just about everything was closing for lunch, which hadn't been a problem in Paris because so much there stays open. Somewhere in the back of my mind I'd had an idea that it wouldn't be like that in the smaller towns, but I hadn't given it much thought and now it was coming back to haunt me.</p>
<p>After getting completely lost on the unmarked backroads, we pulled into the town of Blois and once again got lost - we'd called ahead for a room in a hotel that one of the guidebooks recommended, but when we got to Blois the 'confuse the invaders' street plan had us driving around in circles for the better part of an hour - we saw the hotel once, but couldn't get to it due to the one way streets, so we stayed in another hotel that was run by a very nice man who pointed us towards a laundromat so we could wash some clothes.</p>
<p>Afterwards, we went out to a really nice place for dinner and I ate everything the chef recommended (all of it came from the surrounding area and was delicious).</p>
<p>In the morning, we went to see the chateau in Blois since my travelling companions wanted to see castles (I'm fairly indifferent to them. I've been to Europe before and my attitude towards castles is that since I've seen one, I've very likely seen them all), and I took some photos of the exuberant decor inside and the postcard view of the old city:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peggyarcher/2072893774/" title="View over Blois by Peggy Archer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/2072893774_75c00ed7bc_m.jpg" alt="View over Blois" height="160" width="240" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peggyarcher/2072107079/" title="View of Blois by Peggy Archer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2030/2072107079_38a4b5c871_m.jpg" alt="View of Blois" height="160" width="240" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peggyarcher/2072108755/" title="King's Bedroom by Peggy Archer, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2220/2072108755_ecd53b2eb7_m.jpg" alt="King's Bedroom" height="160" width="240" /></a></p>
<p>We then headed towards the day's next castle, which is where I'll pick up next post</p>
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<title><![CDATA[a mediaeval house in Blois, in the Loire Valley]]></title>
<link>http://antimuseum.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/blois/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>visionarymarketing</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This is my latest watercolour.  In this post I have represented the three stages of its completion.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/etudes/lopierredebloisphase1.jpg" title="agrandir la version 1 de la rue Pierre de Blois" target="_blank"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/etudes/bloglopierredebloisphase1.jpg" alt="première phase d'aquarellage de la rue Pierre de Blois" align="left" border="0" height="300" hspace="2" width="211" /></a>This is my latest watercolour.  In this post I have represented the three stages of its completion.  The subject is one of the oldest mansions in the city of Blois, in the Loire valley, France. The mansion is situated at the top of a hill opposite the cathedral overlooking the Loire river.  It was erected in the late middle ages and its style is the French equivalent of Tudor architecture.  The name of the street is <em>Pierre de Blois</em>, (literally the Blois Stone), because a large stone must have been there in the middle of the road, forcing passers-by to circumvent the obstacle, but the stone must have been withdrawn since then.  Stage one shows the first layer of watercolour, and as this is a rather classical picture this time, I started with pale colours moving into dark ones. At the time when the picture was taken, I had already added a few of  the timbers of the house.</p>
<p><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/etudes/lopierredebloisphase2.jpg" title="agrandir la version 1 de la rue Pierre de Blois" target="_blank"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/etudes/bloglopierredebloisphase2.jpg" alt="première phase d'aquarellage de la rue Pierre de Blois" align="left" border="0" height="300" hspace="2" width="211" /></a>Stage two is actually about the second layer of watercolour on the house and its surroundings.  Still, some areas have been left blank intentionally at that stage, such as the area behind the window.</p>
<p><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/lopierredebloisfinal.jpg" title="agrandir la version finale de la rue Pierre de Blois" target="_blank"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/bloglopierredebloisfinal.jpg" alt="première phase d'aquarellage de la rue Pierre de Blois" align="left" border="0" height="300" hspace="2" width="211" /></a>Stage three is about adding all the details and the shadows in order to make colours more vivid and bright and contrasted.  The funny thing about this watercolour is that it will be sooner hung on one of the halls of the house that it depicts at number 13, rue Pierre de Blois in Blois.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blois: rue Pierre de Blois à l'aquarelle]]></title>
<link>http://antimusee.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/denis-papin/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>visionarymarketing</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Voici la petite dernière, un exercice de classicisme à l&#8217;aquarelle. Je livre ici les trois ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/etudes/lopierredebloisphase1.jpg" title="agrandir la version 1 de la rue Pierre de Blois" target="_blank"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/etudes/bloglopierredebloisphase1.jpg" alt="première phase d'aquarellage de la rue Pierre de Blois" align="left" border="0" height="300" hspace="2" width="211" /></a>Voici la petite dernière, un exercice de classicisme à l'aquarelle. Je livre ici les trois étapes du processus, à l'exception de l'étape préliminaire du dessin, pourtant très importante, qui a été omise ici. Les principales caractéristiques de ce dessin en sont le travail sur la perspective; marquée à gauche par les fuyantes du bâtiment principal, à droite l'escalier et le bâtiment de l'arrière-plan (marqué par son toit). Devant, pour apaiser le tout, les perspectives plates de la passerelle, et du bâtiment du fond derrière les buissons.</p>
<p>Le sujet en est la maison emblématique de la ville de bois, dans la ville haute, en contrebas de la cathédrale, dans la rue dénommée Pierre de Blois (il ne s'agit pas d'un personnage, mais de la pierre du pays, un beau calcaire qui blanchit avec le temps, et probablement même d'un bloc de cette pierre qui obstruait la rue, mais qui est maintenant enlevé). Cette maison, au numéro 13 de la rue Pierre de Blois, est également communément appelée maison de Denis Papin (il n'est pas sûr que Denis Papin y ait jamais habité).</p>
<p><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/etudes/lopierredebloisphase2.jpg" title="agrandir la version 1 de la rue Pierre de Blois" target="_blank"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/etudes/bloglopierredebloisphase2.jpg" alt="première phase d'aquarellage de la rue Pierre de Blois" align="left" border="0" height="300" hspace="2" width="211" /></a>L'étape numéro un, consiste a apposer les couches de fond, de la manière classique, c'est-à-dire toujours depuis le plus clair vers le plus foncé. Au moment où cette photographie a été prise, on avait déjà ajouté les premières ébauches des pans de bois de la passerelle et du corps principal du bâtiment.</p>
<p>L'étape numéro deux, représente la phase suivante de l'aquarellage de la pièce, c'est-à-dire l'application des couleurs supplémentaires et des premières ombres, ce qui commence à ce stade à donner un peu de profondeur à l'image. On notera que les zones de détail (espace derrière les fenêtres notamment) ont été laissées en blanc à ce stade.</p>
<p><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/lopierredebloisfinal.jpg" title="agrandir la version finale de la rue Pierre de Blois" target="_blank"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/lorez/bloglopierredebloisfinal.jpg" alt="première phase d'aquarellage de la rue Pierre de Blois" align="left" border="0" height="300" hspace="2" width="211" /></a>Lors de la dernière et troisième étape, nous avons ajouté les troisième ou quatrièmes couches de couleur, les ombres, et les zones de lumière à l'intérieur des ombres, les détails derrière la fenêtre, ainsi que le titre et la signature à l'encre de Chine sépia, calligraphiée à la plume <a href="http://madeinbirmingham.org/pen.htm" title="D Leonardt pen nibs in Birmingham" target="_blank">D Leonardt</a></p>
<p>L'anecdote amusante du jour est que l'aquarelle sera bientôt exposée dans la maison elle-même au 13 rue Pierre de Blois.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[les toits de Blois et quelques réflexions sur la photographie et la peinture]]></title>
<link>http://antimusee.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/blois/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>visionarymarketing</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Voici ce que j&#8217;écrivais en peignant les toits de Blois (cliquer sur la vignette à gauche pou]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/diapo/lotoitsdeblois.html" title="cliquer ici pour agrandir" target="_blank"><img src="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/diapo/lotoitsdeblois_thumb.jpg" alt="cliquer pour agrandir" align="left" border="1" height="64" hspace="5" width="200" /></a>Voici ce que j'écrivais en peignant les toits de Blois (<a href="http://antimuseum.online.fr/peintures/diapo/lotoitsdeblois.html" title="cliquer ici pour agrandir" target="_blank">cliquer sur la vignette à gauche pour l'agrandir</a>).</p>
<blockquote><p>"Je n'ai pas peur de la photographie. C'est une alliée, une amie, une complice. Peu importe que mon point de départ soit une photographie, le résultat final n'aura dans tous les cas rien à voir avec elle. Quand bien même c'était le cas, mon but est tellement et tout naturellement éloigné de cet acte de ressemblance que la question ne se pose pas. C'est juste un moyen de rester plus longtemps en contemplation, figer l'instant d'observation. " Note pour le triptyque égal <em>Les toits de Blois</em> 29 mai 2005.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[The Castles of Loire]]></title>
<link>http://travellingboots.wordpress.com/2007/06/07/the-castles-of-loire/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 05:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Madhuri</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I have been meaning to write this travelogue for a long time - almost since the day I began the trip]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been meaning to write this travelogue for a long time - almost since the day I began the trip to Paris. But things dont go as planned, circumstances forced me to change the plan a bit. Its almost a month since I set foot here, and I think if I start from the beginning, I will keep losing some facts and emotions in the fog of recollection. So let me start with the latest and then may be I will tumble down forward and backward once in a while. This weekend, we went to the Loire valley. In India, I would call it as I write it here, but this being France, I am obliged to call it Luah! Whatever be the name, the place is beautiful. We covered only two chateaus in the region, and saw two more from outside..but the trip itself was amazing. We began from Paris on Saturday Morning - there is a train which leaves at 9:20 in the morning to Tours. While I thought the timing was extremely ambitious (I am a late riser, especially on weekends), I managed to stumble on the platform at 8:50. The rest of the bunch was coming from the exteriors of Paris and was supposed to meet me at 9, which they didnt (On the hindsight, I am surprised why I didnt expect this!). I waited patiently, which doesnt come easily on saturday mornings, and saw the train depart right before my eyes. They finally made the delayed entrance at 9:50! Well, one should be late in style, whats a margin of 5 minutes anyways? So we caught the 10:40 train and decided it was too late to get to Tours and then set out to see a castle, so got down at Blois. As our luck would have it, the youth hostel at Blois was full for the weekend, and there was no bus going to Chambord on that day. The lady at the Tourist Information Center (And she was a very nice and helpful person by the way) booked us on a youth hostel in a place called Amboise, to solve our stay problems, but we were supposed to reach the place by 6 - so we could be in Blois only upto 5:45 and had to see the castle before that. Amboise is a small town on the same route - Paris to Tours, and with our train passes, it wasnt a trouble getting there. She said we could take the bus next day to see the castle, but none of us was in a mood to waste the particular day. We suggested cycles to go to the castle, which she said would take too long because it is at least 1 and a half hour either way, and we wouldn't be able to get on the right train for Amboise. The last resort was a taxi. On a shoestring budget - a strategy which we inherit by the virtue of being students, taxi seemed quite expensive. But since we were six, and since we found a seventh guy - a Romanian, we could hire an eight-seater van that costed 50 euros for the trip. The trip was well worth the expense, because the Chateau of Chambord is truly majestic. It is totally white - though of course a white that is of a slightly graying nature after all this standing. It stands in the middle of lush green fields, and the surrounding greenery adds to the charm of the huge castle. If you ever set out to see French castles, make sure never to miss this one, which we dubbed the mother of all castles. We paid to go inside- and purely a personal opinion - the inside of any chateau is way less impressive than its exterior. The charm, in my case, was in totally gazing at the beauty in its entirety from outside. So if you have seen any palaces from the outside - you can save the money! We travelled to Ambois and reached the Auberge de jeunesse at 6, and managed to get a room - a six bed room for the whole gang, and it costed us only 9 euros per person for a night! They youth hostel is truly the best I have been to considering the amazing location and the low expense. It is situated right next to the river on an offshoot from the bridge that leads to the Amboise chateau. It even has a pool table, a fuseball and a TT table! It was of course a delight for the guys and I tried my hands at pool too after a long time. We roamed around in the night - the sunset at the river was very pretty. It is a quaint little place, where you can comfortably settle down. We went to the super market, which was close and bought some food stuff (because remember, we hadn't taken a lunch break in the whole day!). We then looked at the castle of Amboise - though only from the outside. Frankly, being a native of Rajasthan, the forts do not fascinate me too much as I have seen a bucket load of it from very early in life. In the morning, we planned to visit the chateau de dames: Chinonceau (I hope I am spelling it right!). We woke up late (as expected) and set out at 11:30 for the trip. We hired bicycles to make the trip and luckily (bless the old guy!), the cycle shop was open even on a sunday. He charged 9 euros per cycle for half a day for etudiant (otherwise the rent was 11 euros for half day). We set out on the most wonderful part of my trip till now - it was a 12-13 km track, most of it overlapping with the highway, and I was cycling almost after 10 years! I was convinced I wouldnt be able to make the length of the journey and that we would soon be looking for a train station where I could load my bike :-) We started with Da Vinci's house - he had stayed in Amboise in the last part of his life and had died there. His house is a small castle, with a small museum inside. Its amazing how the whole of europe comes together to preserve small bits of histories, while in my own country - an old and rich civilization, I see numerous monuments unnamed and defaced. I will stop here and right about the cycling trip to Chinonceau later, because I am tired after the 26 km of cycling yesterday and the ensuing train journey, but more so after the six hours of lectures today.</p>
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