Virtual Museum Visit of The Louvre

Virtual Museum Visit of The Louvre

Introduction

Louvre is one of the most beautiful museums in the world. It is located in Paris (75001 Paris, France). It is said that it is also the most visited museum of all, every year around 6 million visitors take the opportunity to do a life time experience. I also became one of those privileged visitors and availed their virtual tour option on their website (Louvre Museum Official Website).



Discussion

To share my visit in few pages won't be simply fair with the actual details that I admired about the infrastructure, galleries decor, paintings and sculptures soon & so forth. It is a scintillating museum, with arguably the most beautiful art in the whole world. It is identified and acknowledged over the world for its extensive and ever increasing collection of historical and artful masterpieces grouped from all over the globe and from all civilization and antiquity. There are about 300,000 artworks, which are, divided into seven different departments. Oriental AntiquitiesEgyptian AntiquitiesGreek, Etruscan and Roman AntiquitiesObjets d'ArtSculpturePaintingPrints & Drawings

The content on the tour was so thorough and exact that I was compelled by it, and it felt I was there. As I walked along the website near the entrance, over the grand staircase I saw there stands an amazing sculpture called the Winged Victory of Samothrace. This was giving a wonderful sight to greet people, entering the museum.

The museum has a splendid collection of Egyptian, Greek and Roman Art. It includes many famous work of genius such as The Mona Lisa, Winged Victory of Samothrace, Venus De Milo, The Seated Scribe, La Belle Jardiniere, Paradise, The Gleaners, Seaport at Sunset, The Great Sphinx Islamic art is also present inside the Louvre for the world to see.

While taking a tour to several art galleries, the Egyptian Antiquities caught my eye the most. It is mounted on the eastern wing of Louvre (Sully) and are spread over two levels: on the ground floor, there is thematic presentation of Pharaonic civilization, and on the first floor the works are displayed in chronological order, there is a granite sculpture of Great Spinx of Tanis to welcome the section of Egyptian collection. This part was very appealing. I am a fan of Egyptian artifacts I was enraptured by the sculptures in the section. Then I moved on to the Lower ground floor called Medieval Louvre, the remains ...