In 1793 the National
Museum of the Louvre was opened, consisting of paintings and sculptures former
royal collections. Not to mention even more loot by Napoleon, and finally
through purchase, donation from outside parties, including archaeological
finds. So on the basis of this addition, a growing number of departments were
created.
One of the great Louvre
is famous Oriental (Mesopotamia), the Egyptian antiquities to Greek and Roman
sculptures and shops from the middle ages to the modern era, furniture and objects
of art and paintings all over Europe. A part of
the Museum of Islamic Art is dedicated.
Some previous works
fairly well acquainted here. Call it the statue of Sumerian king Gudea, a stele
of Hammurabi Code, an Egyptian painted stone statue of the scribe sitting
cross-legged, the Venus de Milo and Winged Victory. While other works are quite
famous are
two marble Slaves by Michelangelo, the
treasure of the monastery of Saint-Denis, and the diamond crown of France. To
the lover of painting, see Avignon Pietà enjoyed painting Leonardo da Vinci's
Mona Lisa and painting by Veronese, The Marriage of Cana (very large and was
badly damaged in 1992 when it was installed in the new gallery), and the works
of Watteau, embarkation for Cythera. Louvre Museum presents for the
conservative art history and archeology of this special exhibition at the
Louvre Review.
