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| Page Views: 1,390 Last Visit to Paris: August, 2007 | Two of the best museums in the world. by breughel - last update: Sep 1, 2007 |
LE LOUVRE - MUSEE D'ORSAY The nearness of Paris with Brussels (1.30 h by the Thalys train) the community of language, the frequent professional or cultural visits, the follow-up of the French current events by newspapers or the TV make that Paris is closer to me and therefore less extraordinary than the " Ville Lumière " is for the traveller coming from over the oceans.
I thus leave with the distant traveller, for whom the visit of Paris is often a unique event, the care of expressing on VT his discoveries.
I shall limit my comments to the two "major" museums of the French capital:
1° the Louvre which is one of the best multi department museums in the world.
2° the Museum of Orsay which is worldwide the best museum of paintings from the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of 20th century.
Being not French, I shall not be suspected of chauvinism!
I wrote a first, somewhat derisive, comment about the "Mona Lisa mania" when there are so many other beautiful things to see in the Louvre.
More comments might come ... when I will be in the mood.
I was in the mood at the end of August 2007 and went back to Paris for a 4 days trip with the intention of visiting again Versailles where I hadn't been since 40 years… but it rained so much that I had to forget Versailles and hide like thousands and thousands other tourists in the museums. You can imagine the crowds at Le Louvre, Orsay, Notre-Dame!
My first tips are therefore how to avoid the queues.
La proximité de Paris avec Bruxelles (1.30 h de Thalys) la communauté de langue, les visites fréquentes professionnelles ou de tourisme, le suivi de l'actualité française par les journaux ou la TV font que Paris est plus proche de moi et par là moins extraordinaire que la "Ville Lumière" ne l'est pour le voyageur venu de par delà les océans.
Je laisse donc au voyageur lointain, pour qui la visite de Paris est souvent un évènement unique, le soin d'exprimer ses découvertes sur VT.
Je limiterai mes commentaires aux deux musées "majeurs" de la capitale française:
1° le Louvre qui est un des musées multi départementaux les meilleurs au monde.
2° le Musée d'Orsay qui est le meilleur musée au monde de la peinture du XIXe et début du XXe siècle.
(N'étant pas Français on ne me suspectera pas de chauvinisme!).
J'ai écrit un premier commentaire quelque peu moqueur sur la "Joconde manie" qui fait que tant d'autres chefs d'œuvre présents au Louvre sont négligés par les visiteurs.
D'autres commentaires viendront…selon mon humeur. |
|  | My favourite paintings. Once one has been visiting on several occasions museums like LE LOUVRE or ORSAY there are certain works which become familiar. They are like good friends one is pleased to meet again.
Those works I want to show on these pages in a complete subjective i.e. sentimental way. |
| LE LOUVRE - Claude Lorrain |
| | Tableaux "coup de cœur". Lorsqu'on a pu visiter à plusieurs occasions des musées comme LE LOUVRE ou ORSAY certaines œuvres deviennent familières. Elles sont comme de bons amis qu'on est heureux de revoir après une absence.
Ce sont ces œuvres qui me tiennent à cœur que je veux montrer sur ces pages en toute subjectivité. |
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wandeljp Wed Jul 9, 2008 10:48 UTC
Beau catalogue de peintures, c'est vrai que Paris a de quoi contenter les amateurs les plus difficiles. Et c'est sur qu'on est pas tout seul. Il fallait près de 3 heures pour enter au musée Rodin, lors de notre dernière visite. | scottishvisitor Thu Feb 21, 2008 16:16 UTC
Interesting look into arty Paris = some day I will get here!! Glad I came back to complete your page! | ranger49 Wed Feb 6, 2008 22:33 UTC
I love this Magpie too. The ones in my garden don't have the same effect on me! | LKM1018 Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:14 UTC
I loved your Orangerie pics! It's one of my favorites to visit in Paris! |
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