met tony and jack to put in the rest of the money for the apartment, then we were off to the louvre. it was a very cloudy blah day (as a preface) and i wan't initially very impressed with the pyramids. (the picture is from a later day, when it was beautiful, and the pyramid worked a lot better in the sun, and at night) inside was a differnt story - a very nice space, beautiful limestone, the waffle ceiling is a little dated but forgivable and actually a very nice effect. saw... the mona lisa (underwhelming) but the antique italian paintings leading up to it were exciting - i've done enough studying on painting that i recognized quite a few - so neat to see them the correct sizes, and brush strokes, etc. the mona lisa did have a very nice glow, but that really was the style of the period, shrug. the winged triumph had a fantastic approach up several flights of stairs, all lit up, and it was very effective. venus de milo, blah blah blah :) many gorgeous statues, then we went into the antiquities sections. (many as a prefix to all of these) actual egyptian scrolls, wall fragments, sarcophogi, statues of gods (one panther-headed god was particularly effective - scared me...:P) and jewelery and etceteras galore. the greek section was pretty small. the babalonian section was probably interested me the most this day - the entry pillars to the babalon were reconstructed on the wall with shaped glazed bricks with raised animals - the colors were still vivid and the animals believable - far before greek civilazation, not so much egyption, but there's still so little told about them. a column cap 15'x15', from a building of 100 of those columns, delicate stone pottery and other statues. water break for jack's sake - not quite as into the art as the geeks... blah blah blah danish painters - an enourmous hall full of reubens frescos - kind of cool i noticed a pair of lions painted excellently by him... copied (poorly) pose for pose on a set of paintings in the next room... hmm. napolean's apartments, outrageous, stuff, overdone, resplendant, etc. got shooed out, actually as we were leaving the huge copper security doors slammed shut right in front of us - false alarm, interesting happening.wandered saint germaine looking for a place to eat - passed over the duex magots (sorry pauline) for a little italian place just southwest of notre dame - excellent. jack was impatient to be off doing more expensive things, so i took my leave and came back to the apartment to shower! and type and snuggle. cold cold room - was using the wrong heater, and no blankets.
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hehe, dunno if you ever saw my lone sketch of the louvre, but it was sitting on the stairs by the gateway to the courtyard, i think behind the pyramid in this picture. im dumb didnt go inside, too much to see in 2 days of paris, going into and spending hours in the biggest art museum ever wasnt appealing. still- should have.
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