After seeing the small Mona Lisa, you will definitely scream in surprise when you see this painting. It is so big! Mona Lisa is only 70 cm tall, but this painting is as big as the sky and the earth. It is said that it had to be cut into two parts when it was transported to France.

The colors of the pictures are super bright and beautiful. If you have time, you might as well admire Italian paintings from the 13th to 18th centuries on this floor along the large gallery with natural light.

There are so many famous paintings in this corridor that if you want to stop for a while to see the most beautiful ones, your time will fly. If you need to go to the toilet, it is best to go to the end of the gallery, near the lion entrance, where there are fewer people.

4. At this point, your two hours are almost up. You have to leave. Before leaving, An Chuyu strongly recommends that you walk back to the underground hall of the pyramid, then take the escalator to the ground, walk out of the body of the pyramid, and experience the feeling of standing in the center of the Louvre Square.

If you can spend a whole day or more in the Louvre, it is necessary to do more homework. The recommended reading materials in advance are: a map, read carefully to avoid getting lost; bring a copy of "Jiang Xun's Louvre", and combine it with the map to take a time-travel trip in the Louvre.

According to Jiang Xun, you can appreciate these artworks in chronological order. They are like this.

Ancient Egyptian art. On the first and second floors of the Sully Wing. You can enter from the underground Sully Wing entrance, go around the ancient walls of the Louvre and go to the first floor to appreciate it. Start from Hall 1 on the southernmost side and visit them one by one. You will not miss all the exhibits mentioned in Jiang Xun's book.

Mesopotamian Civilization. From the entrance of the Syril Pavilion, go up to the first floor and enter from the door on the left. There are more than a dozen exhibition halls. Here you can see the original Code of Hammurabi.

Greek art and Roman art. This is a relatively wide distribution. Enter from the Denon Pavilion in the south, go to the basement, and then there are some on the first and second floors. In addition to the Venus de Milo and the Goddess of Victory, the exquisite stone sculptures of ancient Greece and Rome are really exquisite.

It is not enough to see these sculptures. You can also go to the underground and first floor of the west side of the Denon Pavilion. There are many sculptures here. Don't miss the two original works of the Renaissance master Michelangelo: "The Dying Slave" and "The Bound Slave".

Art from the Renaissance. This is the highlight, located on the second floor of the Denon Pavilion, including the Skylight Gallery. All the works of art from the Italian Renaissance are on display, including the famous Mona Lisa. Because it is connected to the Mona Lisa. There are so many people here.

Everyone gathered to look at Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", but there are actually several more Leonardo da Vinci works in the Louvre - very few of his works have survived. "Madonna and Child with Saint Anne", "Madonna of the Rocks", "St. John the Baptist", "Portrait of a Lady at the Court of Milan", "Barcus".

What other paintings are good? First of all, paintings from the early Renaissance are not good, but they are still worth seeing, such as Giotto, Angelico, and Botticelli.

Most of the paintings at this time were religious themes. They were mostly frescoes or tempera paintings, and the main form was altar paintings. The reason why they showed the characteristics of the Renaissance was mainly the "human" depiction of God and the three-dimensional composition that appeared in the picture.

The good ones are just as Jiang Xun said in his book. Raphael's portraits - very delicate, Titian's "Pastoral Concert", let's take a look at it and Manet's "Luncheon on the Grass". Veronese's "Wedding at Cana", this is a must-see (there are pictures in the front, so I won't say more). Caravaggio's "Death of the Virgin" - the focus is on the pain of the Virgin when she died.

There are many famous people here. You can download the Renaissance artist app and compare them. An Chuyu likes to look at the still lifes of a man named Luise Gidio Melendez (I don't know what he is called in Chinese) from Naples, Italy. His paintings are really lifelike.

Paintings of the Flemish School. On the third floor of the Richelieu Pavilion, there is the Flemish painting section. In fact, An Chuyu thinks the paintings here are better. Italian paintings are mainly religious themes and portraits. And here there are many paintings describing people's lives.

Of course, we must first mention Van Eyck's "Madonna of the Viceroy of Rolin". You see, driven by money, the Duke can even go to see the Virgin Mary; the famous altarpiece of the Van Eyck brothers has also been seen in Ghent. An Chuyu likes to watch Quentin Mathis's "The Money Merchant and His Wife", which vividly depicts the social life of people who are mixed with commercial wealth and religious piety.

This painting is really beautiful. An Chuyu and An Qingjue looked at it again and again.

Of course, the most famous Flemish painter is Rubens. An Chuyu likes to call him "chubby Rubens" because all the women he painted are chubby.

There is a whole large room displaying Rubens's "The Life of Queen Marie de' Medici". I have introduced this queen in the previous travel notes. After the death of her husband Henry IV, she served as regent and refused to give up the throne. In the end, she was forced to step down by her son Louis XIII.

Then they asked Rubens to fabricate his great and glorious life. The painting even depicts how the husband entrusted his son to her and how he trusted her. It's worth seeing.

Spanish School of Painting. This is at the end of the Tianguang Gallery on the second floor of the Denon Pavilion. This is An Chuyu's favorite. Spain has a great painter like Cervantes, as well as realist painters like Murillo and Ribera.

In the 17th century, religious themes were not only the focus of educational life but also the main source of income for painters. In Spain, there emerged such a group of painters whose paintings did not over-emphasize religious atmosphere. Instead, they were full of the interest of life and had a strong secular tendency.

If you look at Murillo's "The Little Beggar", you will find that he is not describing the beggar's misery, but portraying the beggar as a human being, and looking at his rest in the afternoon sun from his perspective; then look at Ribera's "The Cripple", which is not telling about the injustice of God, but letting the cripple look down on everyone at ease, as if he is satisfied with his day's hard work.

It is said that the Spanish paintings exhibited in the Louvre are not particularly representative. It seems that Spain is worth a visit; An Chuyu is already looking forward to going to Madrid to see the famous "Las Meninas".

Dutch School of Painting. These paintings are on the third floor of the Richelieu Museum. The most famous ones are Vermeer and Rembrandt. However, to appreciate the works of these two, it is said that you still have to go to the Netherlands. For example, Vermeer's "The Milkmaid" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring" are national treasures of the Netherlands. Not to mention Rembrandt.

There are also several self-portraits of Rembrandt in the Louvre, you can take a look. Sotheby's auction. In Hollywood blockbusters, when it comes to thieves stealing paintings, they always steal Rembrandt's self-portraits. How many self-portraits did Rembrandt have to be gossiped about? The answer is a lot. About 90 or so. Enough gossip.

The Louvre has Vermeer's "The Lacemaker", "The Astronomer", and Rembrandt's "Sheba Bathing", which are worth seeing. However, everyone must faint when seeing "The Lacemaker", such a famous painting is actually not as big as a handkerchief, and the frame is much larger than the painting.

The Astronomer is not big either. But it is better. To appreciate such a small painting, you probably need some appreciation skills. With An Chuyu's level, he can only comment like Mr. Bean. e.

German painting school. It seems that there are not many German paintings, all in some small rooms, in a few small halls between Dutch and French paintings. The more famous one is Dürer. I don't know much about what Dürer painted, but he was a great watercolor painter. However, Dürer's face is too famous. He was one of the first people to start painting self-portraits. There are quite a few self-portraits, and this one is on display in the Louvre.

French paintings. The Louvre is in France, and it probably has the best collection of French paintings. Don't miss the third floor of the Sully Wing and part of the third floor of the Richelieu Wing. The paintings here are connected to the Dutch and Flemish paintings.

An Chuyu and An Qingju specially picked a day to come here to watch it later. There are few people here, it is quiet, and there are many excellent works. It is really a good place! When talking about the films in the Louvre's collection, we must mention Poussin, David, Ingres, Gericault... They are too famous. If you have time, you can enjoy them.

Regarding the portraits of French kings, An Chuyu and An Qingju did not see the famous portrait of Francis I by Luquer (probably because it was on tour), but they did see Charles VII by Fouquet. It was very realistic.

The unknown Fontainebleau School's "The Gabrielle Sisters" has probably been gossiped about many times in many documentaries. There are so many people in front of this seemingly unremarkable painting. It shows that the public just loves gossip.

The three Renan brothers like to paint and depict the lives of ordinary people. This is also deeply influenced by the Flemish school of painting, which is different from the Italian aesthetics that France admired in the 17th century. The following are seen in the Louvre: "The Smithy", "The Peasant Family" and "At the Table".

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

There are six paintings by Georges de La Tour in the Louvre. I am not very interested in religious stories, but I like this one, "The Cheater", which depicts the dramatic scene in a very realistic way.

There are many works of the famous Poussin here. He is good at painting fragments of ancient stories. The pictures are very delicate and the characters are all in ancient Roman style. Even when painting a landscape, he likes to quote biblical stories, such as the four paintings of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

During the transition from Baroque to Rococo, I saw several paintings by Watteau. One is "Departure from the Isle of Cite", and another is "Pierrot the Clown". You can see that the expressions of the characters depicted here are very special.

Influenced by the Enlightenment in France in the 18th century, painters' paintings began to move from gorgeousness and depictions of court life to simplicity, and many painters were keen on depicting subtle details in life.

For example, Chardin's paintings depicting small things in life and daily still lifes, which were highly praised by Voltaire and Diderot. I saw the well-known "Ray", but I couldn't see what was good about it - it was still not of good quality.

It is not an exaggeration to call David "the darling of the Louvre". I really don't remember where I saw David's works after leaving the Louvre. This leading figure of the Great Revolution painted many revolutionary works, many of which have been included in our textbooks. The following six paintings are certainly familiar to everyone. The two largest ones are "Sabine Women" and "Coronation".

Although The Sabine Women and Poussin's The Rape of the Sabine Women are about the same event, they choose different topics. Poussin depicts hatred, while David depicts reconciliation. The Coronation and the portrait of Napoleon in the upper right corner are both very famous, and I guess everyone has seen them.

In addition, "The Oath of the Horatii" and "The Death of Marat" are both revolutionary themes, and David's revolutionary passion can be expressed in his paintings.

Ingres, who likes to paint big-butt naked women, has many works in the Louvre. You can see them to your heart's content. In addition to his "Fountain", I guess the bathing girls are all in the Louvre. This guy is really easy to deal with. How many pictures does a back figure appear in?

An Chuyu and An Qingju probably spent a lot of time reading Gericault's "The Raft of the Medusa" and Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People".

The former is a representative of French romanticism, depicting the struggle between man and nature and man and himself; An Chuyu and An Qingju were fortunate to see several versions of Gericault's "The Raft of the Medusa" in the Louvre, with many drafts and unfinished works. The latter depicts July in France in a romantic and symbolic way.

Of course, there are many French royal ornaments in the Louvre, an Apollo Corridor, several atriums dedicated to French sculptures (such as Marley's horse), and a hall dedicated to Middle Eastern art... There are too many! One day is definitely not enough to see all of them, and three days is just enough to take a look.

If there were more time, An Chuyu would also like to be like those who study art. When thinking of a painting, he would turn into the Louvre and sit down to appreciate it slowly. But time is limited after all. For laymen like An Chuyu and An Qingju, being able to take a glimpse of the original, identify the painting, and be amazed at the beauty of a fragment, it is already worth the trip. <'s app - LouvreHD, should be downloaded from the App Store (supports iPad), I don't know if there is an Android version - here are photos of almost all the works exhibited in the Louvre, size, artist, era, technique, all very complete.

Unexpectedly? I spent so many days in Paris, and I had a six-day museum ticket in my hand, but I didn't go to the Palace of Versailles. It's not that I didn't go, but I couldn't get in. Why? Ainpeoplesea!

It was really early in the morning. An Chuyu and An Qingju took the train to Versailles. The day before they left, they went to the subway station to ask how to get there. Because several parts of the subway were under maintenance this summer, An Chuyu and An Qingju had to take a detour and take other lines. They took a long detour before they got on the C line of the light rail to Versailles. (To be continued...)