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Hi, this is Anita with Five Minutes with
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Art to go to Paris or maybe you're going
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to go travel to Paris this summer or
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sometime and you're going to go to the
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Lou Museum which most people will go to.
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You know, what do you go see? What do
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you go spend your time to see? It's such
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a huge vast museum. Well, first of all,
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the number one thing that most people
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will go see is the Mona Lisa. You the
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Mona Lisa, of course, is the crown of
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the jewel of the Lou Museum. And some
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people go there and buy a ticket only to
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see the Mona Lisa. But, you know, we
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recommend that, you know, besides seeing
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the Mona Lisa, there are some other
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great things that you can also see
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there, too. But, of course, the Mona
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Lisa is a great painting to go see.
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It's a, you know, it's a fabulous, you
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know, work of art. But the other things
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you can go see there is there's a lot of
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French paintings. There's some large
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scale French paintings at the Lou
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One of the reasons why we recommend
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these paintings is because of the fact
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that they tell the tale of French
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history of these, you know, they're
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greater than often livesiz paintings.
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They're not just paintings. the
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historical narratives painted that talk
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about an era of France that was before.
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So if you're going to France, go check
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out these largecale French paintings.
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You'll learn a lot about French history
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in the process. You'll be able to dwell
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back in the eras of kings and queens.
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You'll be able to learn about battles
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and monarchs and during a lot of these
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eras of art particularly during the
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Baroque and neocclassical periods and
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you'll be able to see some of the great
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artist of this time. You know one of
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them is a you know painting from 1830 of
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liberty leading the people a great and
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fabulous painting about Lady Liberty.
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This painting shows some of the, you
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know, the idealism of France during the
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time. It's got some great lighting, the
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energy of the masses, you know, Liberty
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herself and this revolutionary spirit of
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Another great painting is the one of the
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um coronation of Napoleon painting where
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it shows you when Napoleon was crowned
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in 1807. You know, you're just struck by
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the sheer magnificence of the imperial
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theater. You know, the painting captures
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the strategic political moment crafted
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to perfection. You know, that broadcast
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Napoleon's message of power to the
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world. This really shows, you know, how
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important Napoleon was during this time
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to France. It immortalizes, you know,
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the Napoleonic era of the French time
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and French history. you if you'll go to
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another part besides going to see the
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Mona Lisa, go see some of these
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largecale French paintings and learn
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something about the history of France in
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the process. The other one are the
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timeless statues and sculptures that are
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in the Lou also too that the sculptures
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house in Land they sort of stand as
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these silent guardians of history. They
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talk about Greek and Roman sculptures
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and their quest for idealized beauty.
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you can learn more about the gods and
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the heroes of during this time. So when
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you go there, you can be able to not
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just see the French era of history, but
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also see some of the Greek and Roman
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eras. You can look at the fine
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craftsmanship, the details, you know, of
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these sculptures and how, you know, they
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basically just had these tremendous
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details of each of the sculptures that
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they did. It's an, you know, exploration
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of all these wonderful masterpieces.
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So when you go and you buy the ticket
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there to the L, don't just buy the
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ticket and just see the Mona Lisa and
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leave, which is what a lot of people
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actually do. They just go, they see the
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Mona Lisa, take a picture with the Mona
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Lisa, and walk out. Plan to take a
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little bit more time and at least see
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these other two areas of the Lou Museum
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so that you can see part of some of the
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museum itself. and in the process learn
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a bit about history and see some other
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great works of art and some other great
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works of you know artists that have
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lived throughout time. We've written a
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blog post on this which is entitled what
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are the must-sea masterpieces at the
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Louv Museum and you can look at this and
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you can be able to learn more about some
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of the other masterpieces and places and
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sections you should go in the museum
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itself to be able to see these great
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works of art. We've hope that you have
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