We've been at the Louvre eight times in this campaign. We might have gone more but for the various maladies we've experienced on this trip. In any case, I've taken hundreds of photos, as usual, many of the same old favorites, as usual, many of which I've already posted in previous years. As usual. For this post and the next, I'm really going to try to confine myself to new things, paintings or angles or interpretations not posted before, so far as I can remember. If, for whatever bizarre reason, you want to see the many previous Louvre posts, just enter "Louvre" in the search box. Maybe fix yourself a mug of strong coffee.
After doing the Italians on the Grand Corridor of Denon we returned four more times, mostly Richelieu and Sully, eventually doing the Spanish section, England, Flanders, the Dutch, and Germany, and then, mostly, the French. Everything from before La Tour to after Delacroix. I think we have become far more discerning in our art appreciation, looking for links between paintings and painters, paying far more attention to brush work and such. Consequently it may take me a while to condense these four visits down to something coherent and new. In the meantime, just enter "Louvre" in the search box.
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