and for all this on joined by my colleague david levitz who's been following the story and the did you visit it. well many times well as have you robin and if like like you and frankly the hundreds of millions of people who probably have visited it today there's this this very mixed feeling on the one hand the sense of devastation at.

for all this on joined by my colleague david levitz who's been following the story and the deed you visited. many times well as have you robyn and if like like you and frankly hundreds of millions of people who probably have visited it today there is this this very mixed feeling on the one hand the sense of devastation at what has been lost but on the other hand an almost euphoric relief at how much of you know it's what was saved from the fire the iconic bell towers survives the fire for instance although to keep it the cathedral central spire which was actually in one thousand. nine hundred not sadly many of the vaults in the cathedral ceiling were destroyed but not all of them thankfully and the three rows windows made out of this amazing stained glass from the thirteenth century have also been saved as has the cross at the center of the building along with many priceless relics including the crown of thorns that catholics believe to have been worn by jesus himself. of course now we're still all that a bit shell shocked but this entire building which seems to us so eternal turned out to

and for all this i'm joined by my colleague david levitz who's been following the story and indeed you visited. many times well as have you robyn and vike like you and frankly hundreds of millions of people who probably have visited there today there is this this very mixed feeling on the one hand the sense of devastation at what.

john if you could stay a gut my colleague david levitz here from our culture desk. you know what is going through your mind i mean this is a huge loss this is a nightmare brant this is one of those events happens a few times in your life where you just wish this was not true anyone who has ever been to paris will be watching this in total shock this is the most visited site in paris paris being one of the most visited cities in the world and no structure really says paris or france or even europe in the quite the same way that notre dame cathedral does anyone who has been to paris will remember the first time that they saw this building you know paris is it's a very it's a pretty small city it's got a pretty low profile and you get to the salmon river and suddenly you are greeted by notre dame cathedral and this is a building that until now has taken people's breath away for seven and a half centuries. we understand that. he is at the scene right now german she is ugly american she has called nutra dame a symbol of european culture i mean absolutely this talk about

for all this i'm joined by my colleague david levitz who's been following the story and the deed you visited. many times as have you robyn and vike like you and frankly hundreds of millions of people who probably have visited it today there is this this very mixed feeling on the one hand the sense of devastation at what has been lost but on the other hand an almost euphoric relief at how much of you know it's what was saved from the fire the iconic bell towers survived.

the sky even before they realized what was happening john if you could stay a gut my colleague david levitz here from our culture desk. you know what is going through your mind i mean this is a huge loss this is a nightmare brant this is one of those events happens a few times in your life where you just wish this was not true anyone who has ever been to paris will be watching this in total shock this is the most visited site in paris paris being one of the most visited cities in the world and no structure really says paris or france or even europe in the quite the same way that no it's good on cathedral does anyone who has been to paris will remember the first time that they saw this building you know paris is it's a very it's a pretty small city it's got a pretty low profile and you get to the san river and suddenly you are greeted by notre dame cathedral and this is a building that until now has taken people's breath away for seven and a half centuries. re understand that. he is at the scene right now the whole german chancellor angela merkel she has called richard a a symbol of european

to my colleague david les that levitz in just a minute but first is report. money a painter considered by many the father of modern art in the foreground a milk white prostitute who stair shocks nineteenth century viewers and who for a century and a half has fascinated scholars but more recently the figure behind her has become the focus of black servant the face of one of monies frequent models named for him curators have renamed this famous work. the exhibition black models of paris as music is proof that for centuries black people have had a place in french art have even played a central role. not always a dignified one. we wanted to show that yes they were stereotypes such as black figures as servants figures which are sometimes heavily exhaustive sized and eroticized. there was also another side to it. they had a place where they fully took pos in the artistic scene of their time. for instance the models those f. a favorite of the great painter really cool. historians used to refer to as reserve simply as lou neck the negro although his face and body fig

famous paintings getting recognition or any recognition at all be chatting to my colleague david les that levitz in just a minute but first is report. money a painter considered by many the father of modern art in the foreground a milk white prostitute who stare shocks nineteenth century viewers and who for a century and.