Campanile Caen Nord

Abbaye aux Hommes: Tour the Cloister (& Buildings)

by hquittner

The monastery was built in the 11C, but the monastery buildings were rebuilt by the Maurists in the 18C. There are guided tours (fee) of the conventual buildings and the cloister. (Since 1965, the town hall (hotel de ville) has occupied part of the structures. The cloister has a severe "Tuscan" style imprinted on its vaulting but it has splendid views of the towers of the adjacent church. The conventual buildings are rather palatial and contain valuable 18C paintings as well as the finest of oak panelling we have ever seen. As one leaves the cloister a clock is passed listing all the archbishop's that have directed the church.

Museum for all fine art lovers

by Pavlik_NL

Also inside the castle walls is another museum. This is the musee des beaux arts, or museum of fine art. In this museum you can find a wonderful collection of paintings, sculptures and other artistic works.

Mus?e des Beaux-Arts - modern painting

by Mikebond

This travelogue shows modern paintings that I cannot attribute with certainty to their authors. This one is very probably by a painter of the Barbizon school, a group of naturalist painters of the beginning of the 19th century. The most known members were Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Th?odore Rousseau, Jean-Fran?ois Millet and Charles-Francois Daubigny.

This painting may be by Eug?ne Boudin (1824-98), a forerunner of impressionism. This is evident in the brightness of the sea. Light was one of the main features of the impressionist principles.

This painting belongs to the series of Waterlilies by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the most important impressionist painter.

This image, as well as the two that follow, depict beautiful realist paintings, but I cannot say anything about them.

This painting represents a scene at the fish market.

Look at the perfection of the details of this realist painting. A photo wouldn't have been so perfect. It shows women mourning the death of a child.

I'm afraid I cannot say anything about this painting. Can you help?

Idem as above.