The Louvre (2010-12-07)
Musee Du Louvre
A short line for security check
The belly of Louvre
Ceiling
An even shorter line for tickets
Our tickets
Cool staff elevator
Pavillon Denon is a good place to start the tour
First of the five must-see pieces: Mona Lisa
Flash is not permitted in the museum, yet many people ignored that. Even the guards don't say a thing when they see people use flash
Second of the five must-see pieces: Winged Victory of Samothrace
Side view
It's housed in its own alcove
Seats are scattered throughout for resting
Long hall
Big room
The painted ceiling
of this room. Notice the middle painting: women were often painted as kneeling or groveling in front of men
In this one, the woman is stripped naked and tortured by a man (they had handcuffs back then?)
This man enjoys watching women tortured around him. What kind of a sick painter is/was that?
Another elaborate ceiling
More elaborate
Angels don't do that!
Roman time gay men?
Hall
Deliberate or sloppiness?
Tea salon?
Fireplace
KL says this reminds him of the Chinese folk story about a man eating a bread ring on his neck. He starved to death when he was too lazy to rotate the ring after he finished eating one side
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