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"A museum of humanistic classics, a thousand years of Jianghai Anlan", the museum carries the past history of a city, but also carries the culture, every inch, a glance of thousands of years. Carrying history and condensing memories. With Xiaodu's footsteps, let's see the rivers and seas together~Let's feel the culture of France~
Louvre Musée du Louvre
Located on the north bank of the Seine in the heart of Paris, France, this is one of the largest, most popular and busiest museums worldwide. Although the local Paris is bustling, it is a good place to stay clean. Covering an extensive international collection from the ancient Egyptian period to the revolutionary era.
The Louvre has a wide variety and huge number of works of art, and the number of works of art recorded in the Louvre's collection catalogue has reached more than 480,000: paintings, sculptures, impressionist and post-impressionist works, etc.; There are also works of art from ancient Egyptian, ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian civilizations; There are collections from oriental cultures as well as furniture, porcelain made by well-known French and European craftsmen; There are also a staggering number of royal treasures and paintings. For art lovers, the Louvre is a treasure trove not to be missed.
The three "treasures of the town" of the Louvre
Mona Lisa
The painting attracts the world's attention because of its excellent picture quality, famous mysterious smile, dreamy scenery in the background, and the effect of the "smudge method" clouds drifting around. Since 1966, the Chamber has been home to the Mona Lisa, the largest exhibition hall of the Louvre Museum. The Mona Lisa is housed in a special glass case where the ambient temperature and humidity are strictly controlled.
Venus of Milo
Whether the soft gaze and swaying crotch were enough to make her stand out and stand out, the Venus became famous as soon as he arrived at the Louvre in 1821. Unearthed on the Greek island of Milo, the statue was presented as a gift the following year to King Louis XVIII of France, who then included it in the Louvre, where the Venus de Milo has been favoured since its arrival. The charm of this masterpiece has always fascinated people, inspiring artists of different genres and giving birth to different styles of popular culture and art works.
The charm of Venus's styling is that she conforms to the golden ratio of the human body from any angle, so she can transcend the times and become a symbol of the eternal beauty of women.
Goddess of victory in Samothrace
Standing tall at the top of the Daru Steps, The Goddess of Victory of Samothrace is now a timeless symbol of Western art. The statue was unearthed at the site of the Pantheon in Samothrace, Greece, which was dedicated primarily to the protective deity of seafarers.
The Louvre has designed a spectacular display based on the original position of the statue, with the most detailed and perfect side of the statue at a 45-degree angle, and the statue welcomes the viewer from the best angle. It is from this perspective that people can appreciate the cape on the shoulders of the goddess dancing in the sea breeze, and the bandeau dress on her body is flowing and transparent.
From the majestic posture of the goddess spreading her wings and standing on the bow of the warship, it can be concluded that this is the messenger of victory in Greek mythology, Nikai.
En plus and the following beautiful works:
The three goddesses Venus and Meihui give gifts to the maiden
Wedding in Ghana - Paul Veronese
The Raft of Medusa
The painting depicts a real shipwreck. The frigate "Medusa" went on an expedition to Africa and unfortunately ran aground and sank in West Africa. More than 150 sailors were abandoned on improvised rafts and spent 13 days adrift in the vast sea. People killed each other in hunger and despair, even eating the dead, and only 15 survived.
Jericho drew on the classicist pyramidal composition and pictorial rigor. Pale light was cast on a group of hungry people, the living mixed with the corpses, curled up on rafts.
Jericho worked the painting for eight months, drawing dozens of sketches and drafts. He went to the English Channel to see the sea, went to the hospital morgue to observe the bodies, talked to survivors, and made models. Once the painting was exhibited, it was like throwing a bomb and causing a huge sensation. The picture effect is so shocking that it arouses a strong response from the viewer.
In 1824, shortly after Jericho's death, the painting was included in the Louvre.
Freedom guides the people
Eugène Delacroix was one of the great Romantic painters of France. Liberty Leading the People is not set against the backdrop of the French Revolution of 1789, as is commonly believed, but the July Revolution of 1830.
The French people rioted for three days in a row to resist the authoritarian rule of Charles X and maintain the freedom of the press, which is the famous "Les Trois Glorieuses" in French history.
During the French July Revolution, Parisians laid barricades in the streets and alleys, and Delacroix painted these barricades made of wood and stone in a realistic way. The Statue of Liberty in the picture is an allegorical image, quite the beauty of a Greek goddess, but also the embodiment of an ordinary woman, and the painter gives her a sensual power. Today, Delacroix, one of the most famous paintings, is a representation of the struggle for freedom.
Struggling slaves versus dying slaves
These two sturdy bodies combine a realistic human body with ideal beauty, which is exactly the style that Michelangelo excelled in. From a close distance, the ropes on them can be seen: they are captured slaves, each in a very different state. One seems to be sleeping, perhaps forever, this is "The Dying Slave"; The other is "The Slave of Resistance," who is trying to break free from the ropes that bind him.
The statues are part of a group of statues created by Michelangelo to decorate the tomb of Pope Julius II, the design of which was modified several times, but the statues were ultimately not completed, and the slaves became eternal prisoners trapped in marble. Incompleteness complicates its meaning, and mystery contributes to its status.
You need to look around the work to experience the rough sense of power.
Eros kisses Psychisa awakening
As soon as you enter the Michelangelo Gallery, you will be captivated by the wings of Eros soaring into the sky, which is another Italian sculptor, Antonio Canova, "Eros kisses Awaken Pusissa".
Canova is good at expressing mythological plots in marble, conveying the sincere emotions of human beings through inanimate marble. Whenever people look at the couple who are hugging together, a warm feeling of love will surge in their hearts. The sculpture depicts Pusissa being reborn, frozen in time, telling a moving story. In terms of styling, Canova adopts dance-like body movements.
Canova's work was favored by romantic poets at the end of the 19th century.
The Louvre's official online collection has more than 480,000 works of art viewed online, of which three-quarters are accompanied by images and information materials. These collections include: Near Eastern artifacts; Egyptian antiquities; Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities; Islamic art; Painting; Medieval, Renaissance and modern sculpture; printmaking and drawing; Medieval, Renaissance and modern decorative arts, you can enjoy it online for yourself.
Official website: louvre.fr
地址:Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Musée d'Orsay
The museum's wonderful collection of paintings, sculptures, ornaments, photographic works, architectural designs, and other genres shows the incredible artistic creativity of an era of realism, impressionism, symbolism, separatism, pictorial photography and more. The Musée d'Orsay has the largest collection of Impressionist paintings in the world.
The Musée d'Orsay is divided into three exhibition areas according to the main line of time: the ground floor, the middle floor and the top floor
On the ground floor are paintings, sculptures and decorative arts from 1850-1870.
The middle level is naturalism, symbolism, official art of the Third Republic, academic painting and decorative arts of Art Nouveau from 1970 to 1914.
The top floor is an important work of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.
water lily
Water lily is the botanical name for white water lily. Monet planted them in 1893 in a water garden built on his estate in Giverny.
The "Water Lilies" series of about 250 paintings, painted during Monet's cataract period, is a mature series of Monet's later works, and further achieved his reputation as an impressionist master.
From the early twentieth century until his death in 1926, the garden and its pond became Monet's only source of inspiration. "I picked up something I couldn't do again: water, rippling grass," he said. I was good for nothing but painting and gardening. My best masterpiece is my garden". Never before have the painter's brushstrokes been so free, liberated from the description of form.
Woman holding a parasol
One of Monet's masterpieces of his impressionist style is Monet's Woman with a Parasol (also a group painting), which depicts a woman in a pale dress, a straw hat, and a folding parasol as if walking by the river or stopping at leisure. The whole picture is full of life and presents a very bright light and shadow effect, conveying a feeling of warmth, relaxation and comfort.
Monet brought a strong visual impact through his extensive use of pointillism: he created a sense of movement of people, clothing and nature through small dots of different colors, emphasizing the diversity and nuances of the environment under the sun. Thus, the painting presents the Impressionist slogan of celebrating life, namely "improvised expression of the beauty of nature".
Van Gogh self-portrait
Like Rembrandt and Goya, Vincent van Gogh, who often used himself as a model, wrote to his sister: "I am looking for something more similar than what a photographer gets".
In the bust, the artist wears a jacket instead of the usual work jacket. Everything focuses on the face. His facial features were hard and thin, and his eyes surrounded by green appeared tough and anxious. The main colors, vermouth, green and light turquoise, contrast with the complementary colors of fire orange of the beard and hair. The stillness of the model contrasts with the undulating curves of the hair and beard, finding amplified echoes in the hallucinatory arabesque in the background.
Starry night
The blues predominant: Prussian blue, ultramarine or cobalt blue. The city's gas lamps emit a bright orange glow, reflected in the water. The stars sparkle like gems. On a starry night, the appearance of a loving couple at the bottom of the canvas reinforces the tranquil atmosphere of the painting.
La Toilette - Gust Renoir
Gleaners
Miller's "Gleaner" with its truth and naturalness, profoundly reflects the life of ordinary people at the bottom of French society in the 19th century, has high ornamental value and artistic value, and is a classic artistic masterpiece.
The painting depicts the life of the working class in the French countryside, especially artisanal laborers. The deep colors of the picture allude to the toil and exhaustion endured by the farmers, as well as the respect for their industriousness and tenacity. The characters are vivid and simple, reflecting the hardships and hopes of the bottom of society at that time through the shaping of each ordinary and ordinary family member.
Fourteen-year-old little dancer - Edgar Degas
She has a natural complexion, real hair, a tutu and real slippers, and bears witness to a surrealism, a forced Allah that has been pushed to the extreme.
Gates of Hell - August Rodin
Official website: musee-orsay.fr
地址:Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris
There are also many museums worth visiting in France:
Centre Pompidou
Official website: centrepompidou.fr
Address: Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris
Museum of Man Musée de l'Homme
Official website: museedelhomme.fr
地址:17 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75116 Paris
There are many museums in France, and a variety of works abound, due to the length of the small introduction here~ When you come to France, don't forget to visit these culturally rich museums~