|
|
| *Travel Tips>>>Paris Travel Tips |
What are the must-see works housed in the Musee Louvre, Paris? |
Travel Info I'm deciding which works of art I must ensure I see when I visit the Louvre later this year. Travel Tips On a first trip to the Louvre, I'd try to see: Slaves - Michelangelo Pre-classical Greek Statuary Frieze from the Parthenon Venus de Milo Borghese Gladiator Winged Victory of Samothrace Apollo Gallery (Napoleon's Crown) Frescoes by Botticelli Giotto, Fra Angelico, and Uccello paintings St. Sebastian - Mantegna Grand Gallery Mona Lisa - da Vinci Virgin Child and St. Anne - di Vinci La Belle Jardiniere - Raphael Pastoral Symphony - Titian Marriage at Cana - Veronese Coronation of Napoleon - David La Grande Odelisque - Ingres Raft of the Medusa - Gericault Liberty Leading the People - Delacroix Jean II le Bon painting Avignon Pieta Portrait of Francois I - Clouet Diana the Huntress and Gabrielle d'Estree et une de ses Soeurs - Ecole de Fontainebleu Shepards of Arcadia - Poussin Port de Mer au Soleil Couchant - Lorrain St. Joseph in Carpenter Shop - de la Tour Peasant Family - le Nain Chancellor Seguir - le Brun Portrait of Louis XIV - Rigaud Embarkation for Cythera and Gilles - Watteau Forge of the Vulcan - Boucher Women Bathing - Fragonard Roman Ruins Paintings - Robert Various Portraits - David and INgres Portrait of Chopin - Delacroix There, that ought to keep you busy for a couple of hours! The other museum he is talking about is Musee D'Orsay - it picks up chronologically where the Louvre leaves off, 19 century and into the 20th. It has some very important works by Ingres, Cabanel, Daumier, Courbet, Couture, Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Whistler, Pisarro, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Redon, Rousseau, Gauguin, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec Charpentier, Rodin (my idol!), Claudel, et al. That should take at least another couple of hours. If you like Rodin like I do, his house and studio are just East of Invalides (Napoleon's Tomb) and well worth an afternoon of browsing. That's my pilgrimage sight. Everyone's taste (and stamina) is different, so don't try to see it all, that would take the rest of your lifetime since there are over 300,000 works there, the largest museum in the world. Also, if the royalty thing is your deal, like the Painting of Louis XIV, go see his house at Versaille, a short train ride west of Paris. The Louvre was his daddy's palace, but it wasn't nice enough for him, so he built his own. It is on my list of Seven Wonders of the World. Worth a visit. Always consider getting a guide. Check the price and listen to their accent before agreeing to it. There are some amazing people guiding tours that can point out tidbits that only the most educated art historian would know to look for. Why not take advantage of their PhD if you don't have your own? At the least, rent an audio-guide. It's like an iPod with selectable descriptions of what you are looking at. A bargain since most works have no English description. I hope this helps. Bon Vacance! Source(s): Many, many miles of Louvre over 25 years. Other Travel Tips Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa, the Turkish Bath, the Pyramid. Have fun!! Check on-line. When I went to Paris, I found out they they rotate a lot of art and sometimes close off certain sections. For what to see... I heard you can check it on-line. Also check out the other museum. Sorry, but I can't remember the name of it, but it has that pyramid design on the street level outside the museum. They had some wonderful paintings and sculptures, including some of the wars of Heaven and Hell and a BEAUTIFUL painting of Cupid and his human lover among many others. I found it to be more comfortable than the Louvre, too. |
| Tags |
| Rhineland-Palatinate General - Germany Alsace Bretagne Normandie Paris Provence-Alpes-Cote d`Azur Rhone-Alpes General - France Belgium Denmark |
Travel Info Categories--Copyright/IP Policy--Contact Webmaster |