I am quite frankly devastated.<\/p>\n
I took a bunch of lovely photos with my phone but I cannot transfer them onto this blog, unfortunately.<\/p>\n
The group met at 9 AM and we made our way to the Louvre and ultimately to the Mus\u00e9e du Louvre. I took photos of the glass pyramid and the lovely architecture of the older building.<\/p>\n
Of course I also took an obligatory selfie (which might be a good thing I can’t add photos because my hair was really wild wow)<\/p>\n
We went in through Pavillon Richelieu which not only reminds me of the Cardinal but growing up I only knew who he was because of Michael Palin from Monty Python. I took a photo of the doorway so the child in me can reminisce.<\/p>\n
The first thing inside I photographed was a statue of Mercury, because I love mythology. Next I snapped one of the painted ceilings because \u00a0as I keep telling everyone (which is probably annoying by now) that I have been in Italy last year and this entire museum trip brought me back to Rome, Venezia, Milano and my primary stay was in Firenze.<\/p>\n
Needless to say the painted ceiling was one of the many things that reminded me of how every day was a new lesson of Renaissance Italy only now everyday is Renaissance-19th Century France. It was not surprising to me that in the palace where the King lived there were extravagantly decorated rooms.<\/p>\n
I couldn’t tell if the furniture in these luxurious rooms were fragile or extremely comfortable but I guess that depends on the time. We started in rooms covered in red walls and furniture and unfortunately every time I heard the word “Baroque” I could only think of my favorite Beauty and the Beast joke- “If it’s not Baroque, don’t fix it!”<\/p>\n
This museum trip also reminded me of my mom and I can imagine she would have loved what we saw. I saw cute little sets of a small table with two chairs and I thought I heard my mom go “That’s\u00a0<\/b>what I want in front of the fireplace!” And of course her and I would agree that regardless of era we would envy the various fashions from all these historical women (when we got to early 19th century I dearly missed my Regency dress I have back home,it’s burgundy with a white sash)<\/p>\n
Anyway we went through the different trends of home decor from the dark fabric’d walls to light Rococo designs. I had no idea where that style got it’s name, needless to say I was shell-shocked.<\/p>\n
Seeing Marie Antoinette’sroom was no surprise by the way. It was light and feminine and exactly how I would picture her room.<\/p>\n
Anyone familliar with \u00a0the Renaissance era knows that there are many references to Ancient Rome or Greece. Mostly from what I see of France and Italy usually any Gods depicted take the Roman form but I was pleasantly surprised that Valerie D’Apollon took Apollo’s Greek name. He’s my favorite God too!<\/p>\n
Next on my slideshow I would have added is a hilarious train of Mona Lisa attempts. I have seen the Last Supper in Milano, I have even went to the town of Vinci- taking a class on Leonardo da Vinci in Florence last year brought me great opportunities. But I have never seen his most famous piece until today’s La Gioconda, La Madonna Lisa. The French call it La Jaconde and Anglophones call her Mona Lisa or Monna Lisa.<\/p>\n
Was it worth the stampede? For me it was. I’ve written essayson Leonardo da Vinci, I’ve even displayed him from a video game (Assassin’s Creed II). I’m not saying I’m entitled to the painting I just thought that it was an obligation for me to finally see it. And it was hard…..<\/p>\n
I have enjoyed every other piece as well. Learning all the stories were really interesting.<\/p>\n
For lunch break, I immediately had to accommodate the needs of a certain organ I inherited genetically on the small side so I bit the bullet and coughed up a \u20ac1 coin for a toilet. Which cost me 15 minutes of valuable 1 hour we were allotted for lunch.<\/p>\n
Since fast food in Europe is over all better I always like to try overrated chains at least one. Today was the day I tried McDo’s.<\/p>\n
To wrap things up, after lunch we continued through the maze of the museum much like we did the entire day- we would stop at an important and amazing painting and go over the background and history of not only the specific artwork but also the artist themselves. I was very fascinated by all the knowledge I’ve accrued!<\/p>\n
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I am quite frankly devastated. I took a bunch of lovely photos with my phone but I cannot transfer them onto this blog, unfortunately. The group met at 9 AM and we made our way to the Louvre and ultimately … Continue reading