Ok, so we all know that the Louvre is HUGE, but you don't fully appreciate that until you start walking through it. This used to be the royal palace, and each successive louis added on.
I couldn't navigate this with a map. I cannot imagine living there.
We saw a selected group of artwork, starting with michaelangelo's slave sculptures, moving to the coronation of napolean, and on to the wedding feast at canaan. This painting napolean stole, but it's unclear how one steals a painting that is bigger than my house.
The reason most people see this painting is because it is in the room with the mona lisa. We heard all the different theories of this famous work by da vinci. I only learned on this trip that the mona lisa's eyes appear to follow you. Our guide in italy explained that da vinci was more a scientist, and figuring out these angles is what intrigued him, not necessarily the painting.
Of course, if you believe Dan Brown, these paintings are all concealing the blood line of jesus. We also saw the place where the murder that begins the book takes place. It was hard to imagine without the gates down, as the rooms in the museum are just huge, all open with tall ceilings.
It would take more than 3 weeks to see all the works in the Louvré, and we had only a few hours. We enjoyed the works we saw and now have several thousand reasons to come back.
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