Without Lifting A Finger

Le Paradis de Michelangelo Pistoletto au Louvre , a photo by dalbera on Flickr. I guess I missed the sign of the "third paradise" on the pyramid. Oh, well . . .

Pistoletto , a photo by Benoit photography on Flickr. Much better than my "fragmented" photos. Get a good view of the whole here. Nice.

Here are a few more images we saw in and around the Louvre (I didn't shoot the Mona--though she always tries to me--because I was making a worthless gesture: I didn't want to be like the mob of trophy hunters and/or perspiring Waldos):                                                                                         

Not knowing him (and yet "tickled" by some of what I saw), I "sampled" some of his work in the Louvre.                                                           

Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 25 June 1933) is an Italian painter , action and object artist, and art theorist . Pistoletto is acknowledged as one of the main representatives of the Italian Arte Povera . His work mainly deals with the subject matter of reflection and the unification of art and everyday life in terms of a Gesamtkunstwerk . Biography [ edit ] Pistoletto was born at Biella . From 1947 until 1958, Pistoletto worked in his father’s restoration workshop in Turin . In the 1950s, he started painting figurative works and self-portraits . In 1959, he participated in the Biennale di San Marino . In the following year, he had his first solo exhibition in the Galleria Galatea in Turin. In the beginning of the 1960s, Pistoletto started painting figurative works and self-portraits which he painted on a monochrome, metallic background. Later on, he combined painting with photography using collage techniques on reflective backgrounds. Eventually, he switched over to print...

Paul Delaroche, La jeune martyre, 1855 , a photo by leo.jeje on Flickr. I regret I didn't take her picture when I was in the Louvre. I passed her twice and she's been playing on me ever since. Anyway, I'm back. Figured I'd start with her (something I'd missed but that is still haunting me). You'll be subject to Francorrhoea for sometime to come (sorry in advance).

Mona Lisa , a photo by JKleeman on Flickr. Thinking of Paris today, amongst other things. We will perhaps try to get closer than we did last time. Last time too many people were crowding her, snapping photos (which is supposed to be a no-no, I believe).