After our picnic in the Latin Quarter we headed for the Musee du Lourve. The palace that houses so many great masterpieces of art is a masterpiece itself. The official website of the Louvre is full of info-too bad I didn't look at it before we went. Here is the link directly to the history of the palace. http://www.louvre.fr/llv/musee/histoire_louvre.jsp?bmLocale=en Be sure to look at the virtual tours on the site. It is a free art history course.
Above is the view from the third floor of the museum out into the courtyard where the pyramid entrance to the palace is located.
It would take days to carefully examine every piece of art, artifact and sculpture in the massive palace. The few hours we had were just not adequate to see much. We did see the Mona Lisa. All of the Biblical related art was the most beautiful. Especially the Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese from 1533.
2 comments:
LOVE ART GALLERIES. YOU'VE BEEN HITTING ALL THE PLACES I'VE DREAMED OF VISITING. HOW NEAT.
SO VERY GLAD YOU'RE HAVING SUCH A GREAT ADVENTURE. IT'LL BE A WONDERFUL MEMORY FOREVER.
These photos are amazing!!!! The awesome size of the paintings shocked me.
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