This afternoon we took a 1-hour guided tour of the Louvre.
We started with Nike of Samothrace.
Moved on to the French Neo-Classics of David,
Progressed to the Romantic paintings of Delacroix,
Snuck a peak at Leonardo's Mona Lisa,
And wrapped with a conversation about Ingres's anatomically impossible female nudes.
The Louvre, I have discovered, is best in small doses.
I LOVE the Nike sculpture,it's one of my favorites. And amen to small museum dosages. When I lived in Madrid, we'd do a 2 hour tour of the Prado every two weeks. Got to take some time to really see what needed to be seen, and not try to cram it all in a day.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pictures, sir. And yes, Lourve doses must be small. It was one of our favorite days in Paris, and I think we only stayed a half an hour ... turbo gorgeous.
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