2023-05-16
View of entrance to Louvre from third floor
Located on north bank of River Seine in central Paris, France, Louvre was built in 1204 AD. It was originally royal palace of France, where 50 French kings and queens once lived.
Tickets to Louvre
The current entrance is a glass pyramid designed by renowned Chinese architect I. M. Pei for museum, which gives Louvre its dazzling splendor.
The underground part of glass pyramid
The Louvre is one of most valuable classical buildings in France. The whole building is U-shaped, with a total area of 24 hectares, and construction area is 4.8 hectares. It is divided into Museum of Greek and Roman Art,
Egyptian rock paintings
6 parts: Museum of Egyptian Art, Museum of Oriental Art, Painting Hall, Sculpture Hall and Decorative Arts Hall. Among them, painting hall has most exhibits and occupies largest area, with a total of 15,000 paintings.
Gallery of paintings
Staying among 400,000 art treasures of Louvre, no matter who you are, you will be amazed. Faced with these works of art, you will feel emotions of history.
Venus
The imperfect beauty of Venus has always attracted people from all over world.
Goddess of Victory
The Museum of Art of Ancient Greece and Rome houses two world-renowned immortal sculptures, as well as renowned genuine art treasures. One is "Goddess of Victory in Samtra" and other is "Venus", god of love with a broken arm.
Too many people to photograph
The most outstanding painting and most conspicuous work has to be Leonardo da Vinci's immortal work "Mona Lisa", which was created by Leonardo da Vinci in 1503 and is now stored in hall in middle of second floor. The museum is protected by glass and mounted in a wall that specially protected. It is place with most visitors, surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, and "Mona Lisa" shows an enigmatic smile, always watching you as if waiting for your echo.
Great Lady
This is a classic representative work of Turkish artist Auguste Dominique Ingres "The Grand Palace". He was ridiculed in every possible way at Salon of 1819. Now it has become one of most famous pieces in Louvre. This painting shows an extremely subtle and sensual depiction of a nude woman and a high degree of photorealism in fabric and accompanying decorations.
Coronation of Napoleon
Louis David's huge painting "The Coronation of Napoleon" was created in (1805-1807), 979 cm long and 621 cm wide. Commissioned by Napoleon himself, this giant oil painting includes 191 figures, which is not only a magnificent historical scroll paintings, but also pinnacle of David's portrait art, realistic depiction of clothing and spatial organization.
Freedom leads people
Delacroix: Liberty Leading People, created in 1830 and displayed at Art Exhibition of 1831, this work rightly expresses revolutionary passions full of romanticism, symbolizing Statue of Liberty, which led uprising against Charles X during Paris Rising. in 1830 she wore a Phrygian cap and exposed her plump breasts. People from all walks of life rallied around her and crushed enemies in foreground of dead body.
Scammer
The Deceiver, painted by Georges de la Tour in 1635, was collected at Louvre in 1972. The evolution of this painting is complex and study of night scenes, light and shadow, God and success are all expressed in realistic styles. In this painting, three people are trapping elegant young man seated on right in an attempt to deprive him of gold coins on table.
Pastoral Ensemble
The "Pastoral Ensemble" by Italian Titian was created in 1509. This oil painting has long been mistaken for Giorgione. Later it was found that it was written by Titian in his youth. Her successor conveys delicate colors well. and light and shadow. The calm and harmonious Jingdezhen evokes poetic associations in people, which coincides with humanism of Renaissance.
Night view of Louvre
The Louvre is too big. Due to time constraints, you can only visit one museum at a time, so you can enjoy it thoroughly. Enjoy your trip to museum beautifully and look forward to returning again if you get chance.
My collection of stamps with famous paintings.