Masterpieces in Louvre Paris

Lourve is indeed humongous. You gotta see to believe.

We knew beforehand that we won't be able to cover all of the galleries in the musuem. So instead of wandering around the musuem aimlessly, Nel downloaded a self-guided tour programme from Louvre's website which show us the top 10 masterpieces in Louvre.

We brought the programme along during our visit, searched the respective paintings and sculptures as suggested, read the stories behind every masterpieces and took some photos with them. It was like a treasure hunt in a huge art musuem.

Here we go - the Top 10 Masterpieces of Louvre!

1. Venus de Milo

2. Liberty leading the people

3. The Raft of the Medusa

Of all the masterpieces, I find this to be the most interesting one!

"Medusa sank because of the incompetence of a captain who had obtained his post through political relations. Due to a shortage of lifeboats, 149 people piled onto a raft that drifted for twelve days. Only fifteen survived the ensuing slaughter, madness, and cannibalism.

There are various psychological states of mind in the artpiece: the dejection of the bewildered man holding his dead son, the dying man rising up with a start, and the desperate hope of those waving to their potential rescuer. But at this point in time, nobody knew which way the scales of fortune would tip. The only hero in this poignant story is humanity, and that is what still moves us today" ~ quoted from Lourve website.


Look at the crowd!!! I think you could guess what were they looking at!

4. Mona Lisa

Yes, Mona Lisa. They were fighting for a space to peep at this artpiece.

I only got to know that Mona Lisa doesn't have eyelashes and eyebrows today.
Why did Leonardo Da Vinci not paint her the eyelashes and eyebrows?

5. The wedding feast at Cana

I swear I did read all the stories. However, by the time I finished reading the story of artpiece no.3, I forgot the story of artpiece No.1.

6. Odalisque

When I stumbled upon this artpiece, only one word came into my mind. Cacat!
Her body is retarded!!!

7. The Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon I and the Crowning of the Empress Joséphine in Notre-Dame Cathedral

8. Winged Victory of Samothrace

9. The Oath of the Horatii

I obtained this photo from website. I saw it but forgot taking a picture of it :p

10. Slave

We missed this. We couldn't figure out where this statue was located according to the map.
Come on! When you pass by hundreds of Greek statues, they all look the same!

In conclusion, our mission failed. We only found 9 out of 10.

Finally, I would like to share this.


Look at the reaction! He certainly seemed to be enjoying himself, didn't he? Macam syiok sendiri!

By the way, the name of the statue is known as "The Dying Slave"
Somehow his reaction seemed to contradict the title.


We spent quite a substantial time walking around in the Louvre for our little treasure hunt. Louvre is by all means, huge!
How huge it is? We spent 3 hours in there, and we only conquered, say 10%??