A Day with Louvre Museum

Why it must be Louvre Museum?

It is no coincidence that I will devote this article to Louvre Museum, because it is the largest museum in the world, welcomes about 10 million visitors a year and regularly occupy the position of museums with visitors.

Most crowded in the world dubbed as the "Musem of the museums, " Louver has an incredible collection of more than 35, 000 artifacts on display, including paintings, artifacts, sculptures, art, history... floating This includes the Mona Lisa masterpieces, the female protégé, the Samothrace...

• A visit in the winter day

I went to the Louvre for the first time on a winter day, it was raining, the air was cold and wet. I felt warmly as I stepped through the door. Then I swept away in the great museum while watching the artwor and taking pictures

The Louvre Museum is divided into eight main galleries: the Ancient East; Ancient Egypt; Ancient Greeks, Romans and Etrusians; Art of Islam; Art; Sculpture; The art of printing and drawing; and decorative arts.

• One day is not enough

I tried to spend a whole day visiting the Louvre. However, after a few hours I realized that one day was not enough to get through the Lourve Museum so it is normal for you to come here first, you show determine what special products do you want to visit so that you can conveniently arrange your way? Once you have seen the works then you will spend the rest of the rest of the area.

• Ticket price is quite expensive but free for student.

The ticket price is about 20 Euros, but the Museum has a policy of freeing students and so I am free to enter the museum at no cost. There are already a handful of maps in the pool, and there is a selection of water and baked goods in the balo. I am extremely comfortable watching the artwork that I just flipped through last time. I am a student so I get free tickets to the Lourve Museum.

However, I recommend if you have to buy tickets, you should buy tickets online first or buy directly here because then, I do not have to wait too long.

• Timetables

The Louvre is open from 9am to 6pm daily, except Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Fridays open until 9. 45pm.

• How to get there.

Getting There: Stop at the Palais Royal Musée du Louvre (metro line 1). Bus: 21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81, 95 or Paris Open Tour bus.

From the main entrance to the Louvre goes from the metro:

• My first impression with the massive museum

Starting in the museum, I was overwhelmed by the massive level of the first hall, for me it looked like a commercial center.. ^^

I particularly love the long, endless corridors here, stone stairs with elaborate ferrule iron handrails and tranquil windows looking out to the azure sky, a large garden with lots of people. Sitting relaxed watching the scenery, reading. Staying in the Louvre too, there are plenty of chairs set up on the aisles so that when you're tired you can stop before you continue your journey of discovery.

First of all, I came to admire her, the love of many people. Yes, that is the famous Mona Lisa painting.

• Mona Lisa - her mysterious smile

I can say that the majority of tourists coming here will visit the most prominent works in many famous works of the Louvre, the Mona Lisa.

This is the world-famous work of the artist Leonardo da Vinci painted around 1503. Until now, there is still the fierce debate on the mysterious smile of the Mona Lisa, the prototype of the picture is true portraiture Of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo or Leonardo da Vinci's own self-portrait. With the many mishaps and theft in 1911, Mona Lisa became more and more known and later known worldwide.

I also focus on the look and feel under my eyes is she is smiling at me(not discuss the scientific or anything else).

To be honest, while most of the room focused on taking pictures with her, I was attracted to the painting opposite Mona Lisa.

• The Wedding Feast at Cana

It is the oil painting "The Wedding Feast at Cana". Paolo Veronese painted this picture to describe the first miracle created by Jesus. At the wedding feast, when his wine was nearing completion, his mother wanted to add more wine. He asked the servant to pour water into the jar and to turn the water himself into wine.

Veronese took nearly 15 months to complete this extremely large picture (6. 77m, 9. 94m), completed in September, 1563, and became a memorable milestone in his career..

P / s: because the image has a slightly large so I have to cut the bottom slightly, but actually the picture is much larger. Jesus sat in the middle of the table, his head radiating out of the light.

• Why is Mona Lisa opposite The Wedding Feast at Cana?

I personally think there should be a purpose here to put one very small - Mona Lisa and The Wedding Feast at Cana ( very large one) on the opposite positions to each other. Perhaps they really want to make Mona Lisa look smaller.

Next I went along the Roma and Greece area, and I met the second masterpiece in my tour. It is the goddess of victory over Samothrace.

Then, I saw an ancient Greek statue destroyed by an earthquake, found to be broken into pieces.

I noticed that the right wing was refreshed based on the left wing because of the fact that it was severely damaged.

Also, I looked carefully at the pedestal below, which was refreshed in the nasal form. A ship

The image of the goddess of victory, like the one that landed on the bow helped me feel the spirit of a god. This is a beautiful work that is important second after her Mona Lisa.

• The Rape of the Sabine Women

In addition, I recognize some of the famous paintings such as The Rape of the Sabine Women, The Interval of the Sabine Women... depicts a period in the legend of the history of ancient Rome.

I would like to tell the story so that you can understand more about the paintings

Romulus and Remus are the twins of Rhea Silvia with the war god Mars. Rhea Silvia's father, Numitor, the king of Alba Longa, was kidnapped by his son, Amulius, the brother of Rhea Silvia. Fearing revenge, Amulius imprisons Rhea Silvia and frees Romulus and Remus. The river god helped the two brothers by bringing them to the riverbank, next to a fig tree (now located in Palatine Hill, Rome) and a female wolf to help and breastfeed to feed. Later, they were shepherd and adopted. By the time they grew up, at one of the shepherds the two brothers clashed with the shepherds of King Amulius, Remus was taken away. Romulus gathers the shepherds to rescue his brother and finishes Amulius.

At this time, the two brothers have restored the throne to his grandfather - King Numitor and began to find new land to build his own empire. However, in this process Romulus and Remus contradict themselves about where to put their new city, Romulus chose Palatine Hill and Remus chose Aventine Hill. Romulus then began to build his own city at Palatine Hill, without any choice. Remus repeatedly mocked Romulus, culminating in Romulus's defeat at Remus when Remus deliberately crossed the wall.

Romulus named his land Rome. Along with the development of our empire, a problem arises here is the lack of women so it is impossible to produce new generations, so the people here have opened a festival and Invited Sabines neighbor to attend. While the men did not notice, they kidnapped the Sabine women in Rome and marry them. Later, the leader of the Sabine tribe was at war with Romulus, but the women were reconciled when one side was the brother / father, the other was the husband... so the peace was repeated. Between two sides.

This is the sequel to The Rape of the Sabine Women, when the two sides are fighting, in the picture is Hersilia - daughter of Tatius - patriarch Sabines standing between father and her husband at this time. In addition, the image of a woman pointing at the children lying on the floor, a man holding Tatius' legs... all expressing the desire for reconciliation, the end of the war. The image of the soldier swinging the sword in the sword also gave a good conclusion to the chapter.

• Ancient Egypt

  

  

When I arrived in the area of ancient Egypt, it seemed quieter and quieter than other places and so the feeling of going around the coffins or mummies gave me a cold feeling

Next I find another famous work is the statue of Venus de Milo - Milo. This is an ancient Greek statue and is the most famous ancient Greek sculpture, depicting Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Statues are carved in marble, slightly larger than real ones

• Left the Lourve Museum

I left the Louvre when it was back in the afternoon. One late afternoon is cold and extremely romantic. Standing in the middle of the yard, I took advantage of that moment.

I use my camera to record the image of the glass pyramid and the lovely pigeons are dancing on the field looking for food.

A salesman came in and invited me to buy a small Eiffel Tower as a souvenir, and I asked him, "Why do not you sell the Louvre Museum? "

The salesperson laughed at me jokingly and walked away quickly. Then I bought myself a brochure of "the most worthy works at the Louvre" and I would take that part of the beautiful Louvre home with the dream of one more lost in the place.

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