Friday, January 28, 2011

Musée Sainte Croix

I went to the museum here in Poitiers the other day and saw some really neat things.  I wasn’t able to identify all of them but here is some of the things I saw.

Statues

 
<---Some bronze statues.


A line of creepy heads---.>


 This is the La Grand-Goule, a water beast that use to kill nuns and travellers way back in the 500s.  Until one day the beast was found and killed.  Every year, for a long while, they would take a statue like this and parade it through town.   
 

<---A bust of guy. 

Sleeping little boy---.>
 
<---Nude lady.


Really wierd lady with a blind fold on and stuck in a painful position.
---.>

<---Another lady.  First one to have a belly and a smoke in her hand! 

Dwarf?---.>
















The main attraction.  This bronze piece is called 'The Waltz'.  It was made in 1893 by Carmille Claudel.


Paintings

<---A day in court with a poodle, a naked man and a man in tights! 


'Madame de Beuchamp et ses enfants'
(Mrs. Beuchamp and her children). 
Made in 1895.---.>

 

<--- 'The Death of Hyadinth' made in 1801.

Best guess is little
red riding hood?---.>













 ^ A Senty with three young ladies. ^                                                ^ Freak'n creapy clowns! ^ 


 
<---Family photo. 





Hey look they had creepy Emo
 chicks back then too!---.>



<---French life. 


















Roman Stuff 

Poitiers was founded first by a Celtic Pictones tribe who called it Lemonum. Then the Romans took over Lemonum!  There are a lot of Roman stuff left over in Poitiers.  Some of it is stored at St. John and some are stored here!

 
<---Side of a building.---.>
 
<---Cat O Nine Tails!
Ouch! 




Column---.>


<---More sides of a building ---> 






 
<--- Archway 


Buring the dead ---.>

 
<---Pillar 





Part of an archway---.>





<---I don't know what this is!








  



<--- Tomb of a Man



Tomb of a baby---.>











Other Stuff 



 ^ The first thing you see when you enter the building! ^




<--- A funny French made manga hanging outside.  It's really really big.  I'm hoping my sis can translate.
 
<--- The kids of Poitiers made cave paintings.  So cute. 


A bird and
her babies. ---.>









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