Hôtel de la Lauzière, Arles |
At 42 rue de la République in Arles, the door is framed by stone torsades sculpted in the Mannerist style, a movement in art and architecture between the Renaissance and Baroque periods in which unusual effects were obtained by the use of scale, lighting, perspective and color.
Vocabulary
une grande famille: an important family as opposed to a big family, which would be translated as une famille nombreuse
hôtel particulier: an imposing private residential structure; a townhouse
une colonne torse: a twisted column
torsader: to twist
porte à porte: door-to-door
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Text & photos ©2011 P.B. Lecron
Lovely! These doors are also popular in Spain. I have lots of them in my photo collection. Love the work - and they swing open so easily considering their weight!
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