PARIS with the Champs-Elysées & Toulouse Lautrec exhibition and FRANCE with CHARTRES Cathedral

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5 décembre 2019	Édition 2019, Numéro 32
December in  FRANCE & PARIS Why not visiting France & Paris during December festivities? ·       The Champs-Elysées avenue and quarter starting geographically in the east from the Concorde place is having every year a fantastic decoration. That’s why we call Paris since the 19th century the city of lights!!! Chartres: vitrail de la vie de Joseph patrimoine-environnement.fr ·       If you want to see oldest colors in the art, I would recommend you an excursion to the city of CHARTRES with its wonderful gothic cathedral. Chartres - cathedrale-chartres.fr You can stay during the entire day and visit this nice old city with its streets of the middle age. 5 Rue Castiglione 75001 PARIS contact@sandytours.com https://www.sandytours.com	SUPERB EXHIBIT AT THE GRAND PALAIS: till January 27TH  2020 The artist painter Henri of Toulouse Lautrec is originated from the city of Albi in the south west of France. After studying at the Fine Arts school, he lives and works in the north of Paris. His work will be mainly dedicated to “women in her intimacy”: some portraits will be presenting a very new and modern style in the end of the 19th century  We have the possibility to provide you a private guided visit of this exhibition as well as many other private tours, upon your demand. Don’t hesitate to contact us for any customized service.

Autumn in France & Paris

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20 novembre 2019	Édition 2019, NumÉro 31
Sandy Tours  wishes you  a happy  Thanksgiving!!! If you are in France during November, what can you see & do? Many fantastic exhibitions are available and now open more often late in the evening. 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃 Don’t hesitate to ask us a private guided tour in a typical French region. We can for example suggest & make during 2, 3 or 4 days a private excursion in Normandy where you could discover at your rhythm of our rich patrimony of this territory. Sandy tours will enable you to discover Normandy off the beaten path such as this fantastic city of Coutances with its cathedral. Phone :  06 73 14 69 06 E-mail:contact@sandytours.com Web: http://www.sandytours.com	« Les canons de l’élégance » https://youtu.be/5y8vpC9c6no « A Salute to Style» Until Sunday 26th of January 2020 at the Invalides. The connection between bellicose fury and the military aspiration to beauty is not always obvious. Yet warlike zeal is often linked to gaining power, bringing with it the duty of distinction and a taste for prestige. Hours: Every day from 10am to 5pm 🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴 We are available for any private customized visit, tour and excursion in Paris as well as around in the French countryside. DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE! 5 Rue Castiglione 75001 PARIS contact@sandytours.com https://www.sandytours.com

Orsay museum exhibition and private guided tour in Montmartre,Chantilly or excursion to discover WW1 in France

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12 juin 2018	Édition 2018, Numéro 16
Welcome on our newsletter, We are happy to suggest you a Private walking tour of MONTMARTRE http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/paris/classic-walking-tours/montmartre-and-the-sacre-coeur-basilica-walking-tour In the north of Paris, it is possible to make an original private excursion to the castle of Chantilly where a beautiful collection of Renaissance art is presented If you are ready to do a longest excursion related with WW1, it is possible to choose this private tour with a driver/guide who will make you feel the events of this war period. Don’t hesitate to contact us in order to adapt and choose the most important site you want to visit.http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/france-long-distance/minivan-full-day-tours/ww1-battlefields-private-tour Phone :  06 73 14 69 06 Fax : 01 42 11 07 51 E-mail:contact@sandytours.com Web: http://www.sandytours.com	In Colour: Polychrome Sculpture in France 1850-1910 12 June - 9 September 2018 Relatively unknown, 19th century polychrome sculpture is one of the key facets of the history of the discipline. Until the beginning of this century, the only colours permitted in statuary were the white of marble and the monochrome patina of bronzes. But the discovery of the use of polychromy in ancient architecture and sculpture changed people’s perspective, as well as generating heated debate. The question of applying colour to contemporary sculpture superseded archaeological debates, and pioneering sculptors like Charles Cordier began to specialize in this technique from the 1850s. Once the controversy had died down, colour began to establish its legitimacy of the Second Empire thanks to its decorative character, prevailing under the influence of Symbolism and Art Nouveau as of the 1880s. The diversity of materials used testifies to the often sophisticated experimentation carried out, which sometimes produced surprising aesthetic results. Painted waxes and marbles, assembled colored marbles, gold and silver bronzes, pâte de verre and enameled stoneware became the new language of a new style of French sculpture, illustrating artists’ flair for experimentation at the end of the century. The major challenge in applying colour to sculpture lay in the illusionism of the representation, as demonstrated by the scandal caused by Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. Coloured sculpture would became the preferred medium of Henry Cross, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Louis-Ernest Barrias, Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach, Jean Carriès and Paul Gauguin. The exhibition presents a selective overview of this very particular aspect of 19th century art through an ensemble of around fifty works from the collections of the Musée d'Orsay. Edouard Papet, general curator, Musée d'Orsay