Louvre thoroughly

I offer you a comprehensive tour of the Louvre, during which you will see all the main masterpieces of the museum, as well as rare exhibits located in different departments of the museum.

Our visit will begin with the historical part of the Louvre, we will see its ancient walls, the fortifying tower - donjon of the 12th century and learn several medieval secrets and legends.

Next, we will admire the Greek sculpture, talk about its ideal proportions, ancient norms of beauty and morality, fascinated by Venus of Milo and Nika of Samothrace. We will visit the luxurious Apollo Gallery - the harbinger of the Palace of Versailles, marvel at its magnificent decor and famous treasures. Then we will see the painting of the Italian Renaissance, its beginning and dawn, admire the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, see the Gioconda and all the other works of Leonardo stored in the Louvre, I will tell you some interesting facts from his biography, about which you may not have heard. We will also see the works of Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, Michelangelo, Caravaggio and other Italian masters.

Our next stage will be French neoclassical “perfect” painting, I will tell you about the French Academy of Arts, its strict rules and regulations, we will look at paintings of large formats put in the service of propaganda of the authorities and talk about competitions between artists for these orders. And of course, we will admire the magnificent portraits and images that these same artists created for themselves and for their private customers.

After that, we will make a short coffee pause (pause is not considered a tour time) and pass to the opposite wing of the Louvre, where there is a department of Flemish, Dutch and French painting, rarely visited by tourists, but no less rich in its masterpieces of Van Eyck, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, Rubens, Poussin, Chardin, Fragonard, Boucher, Ingras, Corot and other famous artists of different eras and styles. We will see with you the evolution of the portrait, landscape, still life, many works of genre painting – the life of ordinary people and the reality surrounding them, as well as the famous Medici Gallery – 24 biographical paintings from the Luxembourg Palace about the life of Queen Maria Medici, embodied by Peter Paul Rubens.

Then we will visit with you in the famous apartments of Napoleon III, in which, in general, he never lived, admire the magnificent interiors, furniture and decorations of royal and imperial persons. And at the end of our visit you will find a funny historical surprise!

The Louvre is the largest and richest museum in the world and it is not easy to understand, especially from the first time, its masterpieces, halls and corridors.

I offer only individual excursions, so you will not find yourself in the company of random fellow travelers who have opposite views on life.

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