Paris Museums
Aug 15th, 2003 (Fri)
Naturally, the Louvre was one of the museums I visited in Paris.
It doesn’t matter if you are not that into art; any time you go to a city like Paris, you must visit its museums. I went to visit the Orsay Museum and the Louvre, the latter being home of the Mona Lisa. More photos are here.
[Louvre] Before the French Revolution, the Louvre was the royal palace in Paris. Then the commoners took it over and turned it into a museum. The glass pyramid also wasn't there until last century, designed by an American!
[Louvre] This is one of the fragments of la Frise des PanathÈnÈes, which decorated the exterior of the greatest Athenian temple, the Parthenon, in 440 B.C. In this fragment, a half-main/half-horse creature is "sexually harassing a woman" (according to the Louvre). Weird...
[Louvre] The Venus de Milo was indicative of the ancient Greeks' idea of a beautiful woman. But to me, the head could have easily passed for a young man!
Due to the large number of photos, only the first 6 are shown. View photo album or slideshow.