Art Daily: Paris Day Six- Musee du Louvre

WARNING: this blog contains lots of photos of me and art.

Today I cleaned up the apartment, did laundry, got some plans together for the weekend then left for the Louvre. I got there at 5:30pm and it was the perfect time. No lines, no waiting and weird guys wanting to sell you a used ticket for 10 Euro. If you've never been (and some of you reading this I know have) it can be confusing where to start. It's large and maze-like. Even with a map and an interactive Nintendo 3D guide, you can get lost. Once you orient yourself the guide is very helpful in knowing where you are and taking you to the piece of art you want to see.

Cy Twombly ceiling was installed 2007-2009

Vive le France!

First up, Vermeer. Of course. Many of you know of my project to "photo bomb" all 34 of them. I've seen many before but never took photos. Atlanta was the first, then two in Berlin and now two at the Louvre. The two here are actually two of my favorites. 5 down, 29 to go.

Once I stood looking at The Astronomer and The Lacemaker for a while I searched for David on the Nintendo and it showed me how long and what path to take to get to them.

Another Cy Twombly ceiling along the way.

David

more David

And more.

Anne-Louis Girodet

Nintendo telling me all about it.

Ingres

Here's the real Raft of the Medusa.

Delacroix

Large French paintings down. Where's the Caravaggio?

Here's one.

Anyone having flashbacks to The Da Vinci Code? This the wing they filmed in.

Hello, Raphael.

More Leo.

Death of the Virgin is much bigger than I remember. And much bigger than the one that ripped down from the wall in The Da Vinci Code. The reflection of the lights off the paint is a bit aggravating. Two young women behind where talking about it and one asked the other if she had seen the movie about Caravaggio. She had to watch it in school. I can only assume college. I wanted to say, yeah, the Derek Jarman film. It's the first film I saw Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton in. It's pivtal in my movie watching history. Hello, Nigel Terry and Dexter Fletcher.