The Louvre's hipsters of marble

I just came across these pictures of artist Alexis Persani's work and I HAD to share them here. With a little help from Photoshop, he gave a trendy makeover to some of the most famous classical sculptures in the Louvre. Such a cool idea! The result is striking:

"Aristée, Dieu des Jardins” by François Joseph Bosio, "dressed" by Alexis Persani.

“La résurrection du Christ” by Germain Pilond, dressed by Alexis Persani.

“Michel de Montaigne” by Jean-Baptiste Stouf, dressed by Alexis Persani.

 

“Chasseur au repos” de Nicolas Coustou, dressed by Alexis Persani.

It is such a great idea - so original and unique-, and it gives the public an opportunity to see these sculptures in a new way. It's surprising that nobody has thought about doing it before! 

More pictures here.

In the artist's studio

CarnivalOfTheM... $44.00	Aqsa $7.00	ZALLETS $10.00	goseek $95.00
honeymoonmuse $36.00	LaRouxVintage $7.00	goodmarvin $38.00	Inklinks $20.00
TheShirtDudes $14.25	anaramirezphot... $50.00	geekdeco $13.99	KarinaManarin $48.00
ccperrow $499.00	CreativeClam $9.50	VonlenskaVinta... $65.00	Leocardia $25.00

It's treasury time! Not a lot of vintage nor antiques here, but still some great finds! I feel like painting now :)

 Tell me what you think!

New treasury: A few of my favourite things

VintageTreasur... $16.00	lunaticart $39.00	AnelaAndElDiab... $18.00	jackiehuang $20.00
odelae $65.00	ArtDecoAntique... $1043.00	MilleGrudicart... $10.00	wolfyandwispy $18.00
MaudeAndLola $40.00	mudstuffing $39.00	pricestrobridg... $15.00	VoltaVintage $65.00
artifactum $435.00	ihearthomelivi... $55.00	RMSjewels $40.00	Photomatika $8.00

Today's treasury is a selection of items I recently added to my favourites. I really love some of these... Tell me what you think!

Pin it!

This is just a short post to say that you can now follow me on Pinterest! I am actually getting quite addicted to it - I have so many pictures of quirky designs or great antiques saved all over my computer, it is great to be able to put them all in the same place! So, here is my Pinterest page:

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have a Pinterest profile! I always enjoy seeing other people's collections of pictures :)

Ally's Antiques "About" page

Oh, My! I now have an 'About' page on my Etsy shop. It feels a bit egocentric... but well, if you want to check it up, you can see it here:

Don't hesitate to tell me what you think of it! Any suggestion to make it more interesting would be most welcome.


Thank you :-)

New treasury: The Raven and the Girl

I am quite proud of this one! Some beautiful finds here.
It's a bit goth and dark - quite a good reflection of today's weather in Oxford!

Parachute425 $30.00	retropage $15.00	ROSEWORX $35.00	DecouDermy $65.00
tatteredpearls $8.50	LeAtelierPrint... $9.95	Tshirt99 $19.99	moonbeam0999 $78.00
AnneOfManyArts $7.50	dalichic $145.00	zylamaes $16.00	Inklinks $30.00
PoPkO $68.00	ElizaAngelVint... $19.95	PhatDog $2400.00	thephotocube $2.50