Street Art in Paris...or Would You Call It Graffiti?

My sister and I set out in search of street art during our recent trip to Paris. My sister pointed us in the direction of Belleville, and we were richly rewarded for our efforts...There was street art on almost every corner.

Then I started thinking about the terms "street art" and "graffiti." Is street art the same thing as graffiti? Or are there differences?

I did a little research and found these definitions. I illustrated each definition with photos from my trip to Paris in February of 2020.

A key difference between the two terms is that street art tends to be more image-based, while graffiti is more word-based. A second important difference is the intent of the artist; graffiti artists are not concerned with public reaction to art, but make art for their own self-interest, while street artists intend to provoke audience interest and interaction in their work.

So what do you think about the art below? Street art or graffiti? And which is your favorite?

For more wordless photos, go to Wordless Wednesday.

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered, or spotlight words you love.  Feel free to get creative! It was first created by Kathy over at Bermuda Onion and is now hosted at Elza Reads.

Il est Juillet et il est temps pour le merveilleux Paris in July co-hosted by Thyme for Tea and Readerbuzz! 

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Musée Picasso, Paris

Picasso.

It's a person, 

but it's also a word that instantly makes you think of an innovator.

Picasso is known for 

co-founding the Cubist movement, 

the invention of constructed sculpture, 

the co-invention of collage.

I visited Musée Picasso when I was in Paris.

For more wordless photos, go to Wordless Wednesday.

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered, or spotlight words you love.  Feel free to get creative! It was first created by Kathy over at Bermuda Onion and is now hosted at Elza Reads.

Modern Art at Centre Pompidou in Paris

 

Modern Art sounds like it should be the art of the last couple of years, right? But, no. We are cautioned not to confuse modern art with contemporary art. Instead, let's look at a definition from Wikipedia: 

Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation.

Centre Pompidou was the first collection of modern art in Europe. I thought I didn't like modern art. I thought I didn't want to visit Centre Pompidou in Paris. 

I was wrong.

"Une fenêtre"("A Window"), Robert Delaunay, 1912, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

"Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel" ("The Bride and Groom of the Eiffel Tower"), Marc Chagall, 1913, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

"Haut le mains" ("Hands Up"), Paul Klee, 1938, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

"Trente" ("Thirty"), Vassily Kandinsky, 1937, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

"Le Phoque" ("Seal"), Constantin Brâncuși , 1914, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

Even the youngest member of our party at the Pompidou, my great-niece, Josie,  enjoyed looking at modern art."Nature Morte Au Violon" ("Still Life With Violin"), Georges Braque, 1911, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered, or spotlight words you love.  Feel free to get creative! It was first created by Kathy over at Bermuda Onion and is now hosted at Elza Reads.

50 Ways to Draw Your Beautiful, Ordinary Life: Practical Lessons in Pencil and Paper

I got this book for Mother's Day last May. I resolved to draw from the book every day until I got to the end. I am no artist, but I had great fun in my 2020 daily drawing adventure.

Book Challenges; Lemon-Pecan Tea Bread; and Lots and Lots of Holiday Movies

 

After reading and drawing from 50 Ways to Draw Your Beautiful Ordinary Life every day since May, I finally finished it. What a wonderful experience. I'll share some photos of my little drawings at the end of the year.

I also read and loved Humans by Brandon Stanton. Stanton is the author of Humans of New York. He's known for interviewing and photographing strangers on the streets of New York. He expands his range in Humans and interviews and photographs strangers in forty countries around the world.

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy...96% complete

Year of Pleasures: Classical Music for Every Day...80% complete

The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You...32% complete

The Salt Path...11% complete

Are you interested in joining a book challenge in 2021? Susan from Bloggin' About Books has created a new site called Ready for a Reading Challenge to share the challenges others might like to join. You can also take a look at The 2021 Master List of Reading Challenges. I'm planning to do the Nonfiction Reader Challenge and the Back to the  Classics Challenge for 2021. I'm also hoping to do the Books in Translation Challenge (beginner) and the Japanese Literature Challenge.

Need gifts for book lovers? Take a look at these.

I loved the Chapter-a-Day Read-along of War and Peace this year. I plan to do some (all?) of the five books scheduled for the 2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Divine Comedy; Quo Vadis; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; David Copperfield; and The Three Musketeers. For more details, take a look here.

My dad has oodles of lemons. We have oodles of pecans. The result? Lemon-Pecan Tea Bread. I will make this again.

Good Thing #1:

My daughter-in-law, Lisa Chavarria, a reporter at the NBC affiliate in Chicago, was asked to interview author Marisel Vera about her new book, The Taste of Sugar. I was thrilled to watch Lisa conduct such a wonderful interview.

Good Thing #2:

I listened to an Action for Happiness meeting with meditation expert Jon Kabat-Zinn this week. "The world needs all its flowers," Kabat-Zinn said. "You are the flowering of life on earth." The talk will be archived here.

Good Thing #3:

We are determined to enjoy this holiday time, and every evening we choose a different Christmas movie (or audiobook or play) to watch. So far we have seen White Christmas; A Christmas Story; A Christmas Carol: Charlie Brown Christmas; How the Grinch Stole Christmas; The Holiday; and Miracle on 34th Street. We also listened to an audiobook, The Greatest Gift, the book behind It's a Wonderful Life. And we watched a play from Houston's Alley Theater, A Christmas Carol. What recommendations do you have for other Christmas movies and audiobooks that we might enjoy?

I'm happy you found your way to the Sunday Salon. Sunday Salon is a place for us to link up and to share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

Some of the things we often talk about at the Sunday Salon:

• What was your week like?
• Read any good books? Tell us about them.
• What other bookish things did you do? 
• What else is going on in your life?

Other places where you may like to link up over the weekend are below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

My linkup for Sunday Salon is below.