We rode the Batobus to the Louvre stop and then just had a short walk to the museum.
I have wanted to go to the Louvre for a very long time but I have to admit that Dan Brown's book The Davinci Code really sparked the interest!
It was very cool to see that glass pyramid in person for the first time.
There is an entrance from the metro that is less crowded but we decided to just go for the main entrance.
However, we did buy our tickets in advance so we were able to bypass most of the line and get right into the shorter line. In the picture below you can see a ton of people on the right and hardly anyone on the left. The left was the advanced ticket line.
From inside the glass pyramid:
From inside the museum:
This place is gigantic, very crowded, and kind of confusing.
The night before we went online and decided on the pieces we wanted to see.
You could spend days here if you wanted to see everything and we just had a few hours.
We knew it would be impossible to see it all so we wanted to have that list of the things that were the most important to both of us and then we would see other things along the way as well.
I wrote down which wings they were in.. but it was still hard to find a few of them.
"Winged Victory of Samothrace":
Beautiful ceiling!
The Louvre itself is just beautiful. Little details everywhere.
"Venus and the Three Graces"
Boticelli :
"Adoration of the Magi"
Bernardino Luini:
The floor in this wing was exactly as Dan Brown described.
It really does give the illusion of not being flat.
"The Virgin and Child with St. Anne"
Leonardo da Vinci:
"Diane de Versailles", also known as "Goddess Artemis With a Doe":
We, of course, wanted to see the Mona Lisa.
I had heard over and over how people were so underwhelmed by her because she was small and it is so crowded around her.
So my expectations were low.
And then we saw her. She was bigger than I expected and she was so much more beautiful in person than in pictures and prints. I was so surprised, as was my mom.
It is such a lovely piece of art.
I always wondered why it was so famous but after seeing her I totally get it.
"Mona Lisa"
Leonardo da Vinci:
When you turn around from seeing Mona Lisa the wall behind you is this one huge painting.
"The Wedding Feast at Cana"
by Veronese:
"Venus de Milo"
On our way out we walked past the inverted glass pyramid.
Time for some treats and a little wandering.
2 comments:
It was an awesome experience to go to the Louvre! I loved seeing so much beauty but I believe my favorite was the "Mona Lisa". To see that in person was incredible!
It really was. So cool to see it!
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