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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 go
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see is the Mona Lisa. You the Mona Lisa,
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of course, is the crown of the jewel of
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the Lou Museum. And some people go there
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and buy a ticket only to see the Mona
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Lisa. But, you know, we recommend that,
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you know, besides seeing the Mona Lisa,
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there are some other great things that
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you can also see there, too. But, of
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course, the Mona Lisa is a great
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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 largecale
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French paintings at the Lou Museum.
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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 them
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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 know
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the idealism of France during the time
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it's got some great lighting the energy
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of the masses, you know, Liberty herself
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and this revolutionary spirit of the
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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. 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 L stand 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 just
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see the French era of history but also
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see some of the Greek and Roman eras.
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You can look at the fine craftsmanship,
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the details, you know, of these
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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 Lou, 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 you can see part of some of the
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museum itself and in the process learn a
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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,
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"What are the must-sea masterpieces at
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the Louve Museum?" And you can look at
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this and you can be able to learn more
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about some of the other masterpieces and
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places and sections you should go in the
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museum itself to be able to see these
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great works of art. We've hope that
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