Louvre (Paris, 17-5-2008)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

Well, it is my third visit to Paris so I guess it's about time to visit the Louvre.
And one of the main reasons to go to Paris was the fact that Jan Fabre was exhibiting in the Louvre so it really is time for my first visit ;-)

As most of you will know the Louvre is very big and has a vast collection of paintings, sculptures and antiquities. It's easy to get lost here so it's nice there are free plans in all languages. These plans are also handy to pick out what you want to see because, frankly, I do not care much for Greek and Roman sculpture.

The Fabre exhibit was in the part with the paintings from the Netherlands and Belgium (it has ended a few days ago btw). We both love his works and it was great to see the interaction with the rooms and the old paintings!
After seeing this exhibit and the rest of the wing with paintings from France it was time for a drink. Luckily you can get food and drinks in this museum!

There was another temporary exhibit here that we wanted to see called "Babylon" (it has ended too a few days ago). It was a nice exhibit about the real Babylon and the more imaginary, biblical Babylon as seen in art and literature. There were some beautiful works of art there, a lot of which you can still see in the permanent collection.

So what else did we see?
- the Napoleon III rooms: Wow! Ornaments and colours everywhere!
- Medieval art objects: lovely stuff, great to see some things I know from books
- loads of Italian and French paintings on our way to see the Mona Lisa
- arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
And several other paintings, sculptures etc just walking around searching for a way in or out of exhibits ;-)

Next time I want to see the Egyptian part!
All info here