Art bridges cultures…
Art museums often lend each other masterpieces. This year, however, marked a first — a large-scale show by a major Western museum in Iran! The world’s largest museum, the Louvre, proudly calls it, “…an outstanding cultural and diplomatic event for both countries.”
The Louvre contributed fifty masterpieces for “The Louvre at Tehran” to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Iran’s National Museum. Meantime, back in France, The Louvre exhibited, “The Rose Garden: Masterpieces of Persian Art from the 19th Century, on Qajar dynasty Iran.”
Lucky for us, my husband happened to be in Tehran to snap these photos for us. The art spanned centuries. Hover over the pictures for descriptions and click on them to see full-sized.
What does art mean to you?
See Part 2: Tehran Visits The Louvre by da-AL to see the contemporary art photos of Abbas Kiarostami, a noted Iranian film producer/director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer.
Great exchange !! … Today and tomorrow are the “Journées du Patrimoine” here in France which means entrance will be free in most monuiments, museums and other cultural venues !!!
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fabulous!!! wish I was there 🙂
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🙂
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That is a good beginning that gives hope!
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🙂
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I lived in Iran for about 1 1/2 years back in the 60s. Thank you for this post.
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glad you enjoyed it — have you posted about your time there?
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It was so long ago, back in the mid-1960s. I was with a USA advisory group to the Iranian Army for about 1 1/2 years.
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this calls for a guest blog post, no? here’s flexible guidelines: https://happinessbetweentails.com/2018/01/29/got-1-to-3-great-photos-or-illustrations-an-article-300-words-or-less-that-youd-like-published-on-happiness-between-tails/
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Thank you for the opportunity.
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Never thought I’d see the day when this would happen. I’m happy to see it though.
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me too 🙂
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Good morning and thanks for this great article with these amazing pictures. I didn’t how your hubby was such an accomplished photographer, dear. There is a longstanding relationship between the Iranians and French culture ( mark that I did not say “the French”, usually so disgusting) I met several Iranians while I was studying in Paris. This is such an extraordinary production that I will take the liberty to re-blog it for the cultural benefit of my readers, with your permission of course.I took three words of one of your comments in my page (you said: so much wisdom) to create a sub-section in my new book called “a nugget of wisdom” to summarize some practical lessons to overcome that resilient,nefarious “emotional frustration” in women.
Un grosso baccione. Arrivederci.
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many thanks, Mario – glad you enjoyed it — & glad to see you’re still blogging. all are welcome to reblog any of my posts 🙂
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Reblogged this on Dr. Mario O. Laplume and commented:
Dear readers and fellow bloggers;
Da-al is a versatile and affectionate blogger that I have met through our web pages, instantly becoming good friends. She had the kindness to re-blog two of my articles and I feel compelled to return her polite gesture today as I read her extraordinary article about this Louvre exhibition in Tehran, Her husband took these outstanding pictures, which tell us various stories about Mankind. Please enjoy them.
What do you think? Please tell us.
Don’t leave me alone.
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I couldn’t re-blog it. Do I need your permission first?
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dunno – I got an email saying you’d reblogged it, but then the link didn’t work — have you contacted wordpress? they’ve often helped me & they’re often reachable via online chat
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Good posts.
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Wonderful exhibit – wonderful exchange.
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Thanks for sharing these magnificent pieces. I am pleasantly surprised that the mullahs agreed to this display.
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me too – but Iran as halfway decent relationship with France — all their best scholars used to go to French universities. farsi even now includes some french as a result, ie ‘merci’. of course, they call their beautiful french desserts persian lol
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Reblogged this on Revival. Com and commented:
Nice Thoughts must read…….
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you are very kind 🙂
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Marvelous! Thanks for sharing, dear da-Al. XxX
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glad you enjoyed, Patty 🙂
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Amazing photos!
Art to me is very personal, but ancient art I think is precious. It’s a part of history, whether you enjoy it or not. Expositions like these I can very much enjoy.
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yes — & I love how we persist in making art, dancing, making music, writing, etc 🙂
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So Beautiful…!!
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