Caravaggio exhibition in Paris, Paris covered passage walking tour,Vaux le Vicomte castle excursion & Champagne region private tour.

Newsletter    14 septembre 2018 Édition 2018, Numéro 19

Welcome on our newsletter, We are happy to suggest you a Private walking tour of THE COVERED PASSAGES OF PARIS http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/paris/original-walking-tours/covered-passages Don't hesitate to choose this original walking tour situated in the quarter of the Opera in Paris. You will be able to discover through some very secret passages the city during the 19th century. It is a very nice private tour with your licensed guide who will be able to tell you about this particular district of Paris situated on the right bank of the river Seine. You can decide to book this guided tour in the morning or in the afternoon ; it is during 3 hours.  ************ In the east of Paris, it is possible to make an original private visit to the castle of VAUX LE VICOMTE as well as the castle of FONTAINEBLEAU during a full day. http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/around-paris/minivan-full-day-tours/fontainebleau-and-vaux-le-vicomte-palaces-including-barbizon-village Vaux-le-Vicomte is a private castle dated from the 17th century. Unique in its style, and a must see. You will be able to discover the history of its builder & owner Nicolas FOUQUET : Patron of the Arts ; this castle features all the beautiful way of life of the Grand 17th century. The gardens are beautiful designed by Andre LE NOTRE. It is a wonderful half day private excursion that you can combine during a full-day with the castle of FONTAINEBLEAU.  ************* If you want to do an excursion outside Paris, you can go to the THE CHAMPAGNE: a beautiful region where it is possible to visit a taste cave producing wine & champagne, as well as to admire the cathedral of REIMS http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/france-long-distance/minivan-full-day-tours/champagne-private-tour You can visit the major houses like MOET, TAITTINGER, MUMM, RUINART, POMMERY, VEUVE CLICQUOT etc...Or/And small producers. Nice day to have a CHAMPAGNE experience. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us in order to choose the most appropriate customized tour.  Phone :  06 73 14 69 06 Fax : 01 42 11 07 51 E-mail:contact@sandytours.com Web: http://www.sandytours.com

EXHIBITION : CARAVAGGIO'S Roman Period His friends and enemies From 21 September to 28 January 2019 ABOUT THE EVENT VISITING PARTNERS In the autumn of 2018, discover an exhibition devoted to Caravaggio (1571–1610), a leading figure in 17th-century Italian painting. Nine masterpieces by the artist will exceptionally be brought together for this unique event in Paris. An exhibition event These extraordinary canvases from major Italian museums—such as the Galleria Nazionale in Palazzo Barberini, the Galleria Borghese and the Musei Capitolini in Rome, the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, the Musei di Strada Nuova in Genoa, and the Museo Civico Ala Ponzone in Cremona, not to mention the prestigious loan of the Lute Player (1595-1596) from the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, presented in France or the first time. Nine Caravaggio will retrace Caravaggio’s Roman period from 1592 until he fled into exile in 1606. They will be complemented by the works of leading contemporary painters, such as Cavaliere d’Arpino, Annibale Carracci, Orazio Gentileschi, Giovanni Baglione, and José de Ribera, in order to highlight Caravaggio’s innovative genius and the artistic effervescence that reigned in the Eternal City at the time. An exceptional artist at the heart of the roman artistic scene Born in 1571, Michelangelo Merisi, whose byname was Caravaggio, revolutionised Italian painting in the 17th century through the realism of his canvases and his innovative use of chiaroscuro, and became the greatest naturalistic painter of his time. The exhibition will focus on Caravaggio’s Roman period and the artistic circle in which he moved: as the most recent studies have shown, the painter maintained close relations with the contemporary intellectual circles in Rome. The exhibition will therefore look at Caravaggio’s links with the collectors and artists, and also the poets and scholars of his time—links that have never been highlighted in an exhibition. The exhibition will initially focus on life in Rome at the beginning of the seventeenth century, by looking at the artistic activity in the major workshops, in which Caravaggio began his career. It was during this period that Caravaggio met various figures who were to play a key role in his career: Marchese Giustiniani (1564–1637) and Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte (1549–1627). They became Caravaggio’s foremost patrons and he received many prestigious commissions from them. After looking at Caravaggio’s friends and supporters, the exhibition will focus on his enemies and rivals who were also part of the art scene in Rome at the time. Caravaggio—the painter did not want other artists to imitate his style, but this did in fact occur—sometimes clashed with his confrères during discussions, lawsuits, and even brawls. His career in Rome ended in 1606, when Caravaggio killed Ranuccio Tomassoni during a heated discussion. Condemned to death after this fatal brawl, Caravaggio fled into exile but his most loyal patrons continued to take an interest in his work. You can book a private guided tour of the museum Jacquemart-André with a entrance to that exhibition.  It is also possible to order a full-day private tour of Paris in minibus with a driver-guide including a entrance to this marvelous Caravaggio exhibition.  Don't hesitate to contact us in order to fixe our availability.

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

The PHENOMENAL Picasso exhibition in Paris

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16 juin 2017	Édition 2017, Numéro 7
Welcome on our newsletter, We are happy to suggest you a Marais private walking tour with Sandy Tours during 3 hours Don’t hesitate to contact us for more information and booking: www.sandytours.com http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/paris/classic-walking-tours/marais-walking-tour We are at your disposal for many private tours in Paris, around Paris and on long distance excursion in France.   FOOD & MARKET IN PARIS Food in Paris can be the opportunity to make a tour with our licensed guide and visit a market in Paris. They are opening twice a week in the different quarter of the city and we will take you to the most famous where you will discover the Parisians.	PICASSO EXHIBITION: “OLGA PICASSO” March 21 – September 3, 2017 Situated in the Marais, Picasso museum is a nice mansion called the hotel Salé where the permanent collection is often open with temporal exhibition. This one is dedicated to his first wife Olga, showing a production of some of Picasso’s major works between 1917 and 1935.  http://www.museepicassoparis.fr/en/a_venir-2/ Paris and the MARAIS Why not walking in a very nice quarter of Paris in the 4th district where you will enjoy the 17th century as well as the typical Jewish quarter of Paris? It is meaning marshy in French because till the 17th century, the river seine was often floating in the zone of Paris and nobody was living there. But after modernization and more control of the river, a new quarter of Paris is born and a new social class appear: the bourgeois. They left us many beautiful mansions considerate like a small Versailles; and as nobody is leaving anymore in the 19th century, it will be a new kind of people: Jewish immigrant coming from the east of Europe. You can now pass and admire this unique district where some original and fantastic food make difficult to resist like Pouchkine situated now in the left bank on 155 Boulevard Saint-Germain in the district n° 6. A food and market tour during 3 hours’ coast 240€uros total for 7 persons. You can book us on line: http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/paris/original-walking-tours/food-and-market-tour Don’t hesitate to contact us for any customized tour.
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