The Louvre: Part Deux
The courtyard through a gallery window
When last we left our intrepid travellers, they were racing through the Louvre. Not fleeing murderous monks, or international spies, but Time's Winged Chariot, because the galleries were closing behind us like crazy.
So after Venus de Milo, it was on to our last "must see" which was the Sarcophogus of Spouses (what I call the couch of the happily married Etruscan couple).
Lounging together through Eternity
Still in Love
They remind me of my parents somehow.
The galleries were closing... we were being gently shooed out by the docents and employees -- and we did want to make the gift shop in time. On the way out, in no particular order, I snapped a few shots of things that caught my eye.
A random ceiling
I live in New York City, which has two world class art museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Both housed in beautiful buildings, and containing great and impressive art of the ages. I've been to both many, many times.
Holding up the arches
But somehow, the Louvre manages to make even New Yorkers feel like a bit of a rube!
Three Graces
And then we were back in the lobby area, heading to the gift shop, which pretty much contains the same types of gifts and items available in almost any museum in the world. (I remember when buying gifts at the museums was a good way to purchase interesting items without spending a lot of money. This is no longer the case, but that's a rant for another day.)
Inside the Pyramid
The next thing we knew, we were outside, in the cold and drizzle. But cold and drizzle in Paris has its own charms.
The Louvre courtyard after closing
Outside on our way towards the Rue Rivoli, we glimpsed this sculptural portion of the Louvre, which could be seen from the passageway from street to street:
The dance of the statues
And so, bon nuit a la Louvre!
Monuments at night in the rain
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