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Cariatides

From: <ian.thompson~at~ges.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:36:29 -0000 (GMT)
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In De la Terre à la Lune (Chapter 8), first serialised in December 1865,


Michel Ardan (Nadar) is compared to to "those cariatides which support


balconies on their shoulders". Verne was admitted as a member of the


Société de Géographie de Paris on the 2nd December 1864. The imposing


entry to the Society's building on the Bd. St Germain in Paris is


dominated by large statues of two cariatides ( representing earth and


oceans ) which support the balcony above.See the society's web site for an


image.


It seems to me to be quite likely that this was the inspiration for


Verne's description of Ardan cited above.Although obviously this can never


be proven,the coincidence is very strong.


Ian Thompson


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