• Nancy and Doug TripsParis, Basque Country & CaminoTraveler
    Hey! It's Mona!
    The hordes clustered around Mona Lisa, 1503-06Beth's close up of the MasterpieceThe Wedding at Cana by Pablo Veronese, 1562To the left: painter Veronese, to the right TitianThe Coronation of Napoleon by J-L David, 1806, the painter is just above Napoleon's crownGuide to identifying people in the huge painting of Napoleon's coronation.Liberty Leading the People, Delacroix 1830, 1800s romanticism and neoclassicalismLooking down on the hallway of Renaissance sculptures.Beth examining Michelangelo's statue The Slaves: he was a master of the male formMannerist Style: a lighter lengthened sculptureCanova 1787: Psyche Revived by Cupid's KissPlace de la Concorde

    The Louvre Part 2

    May 28, 2025 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    We both agreed that we enjoyed the museum using the audio guide but were ready for lunch and a change of pace. So we headed to catch the bus for Montmartre. Finding bus stops at times proves elusive even with Google Maps. We ended up walking through the Tuileries Garden to Place de la Concorde and from there took Metro Line 12 to lunch.Read more