I went to the
Musee d' Orsay (
Orsay Museum) yesterday with Melba, one of the wives of Paul's coworkers. We had such a wonderful time. There were so many gorgeous paintings and sculptures that we spent 6 hours going through the collection. There was a huge line to get in since the
Louvre is closed on Tuesdays but it moved quickly and we were inside in no time at all.
I have always loved Monet so it was a thrill to see Waterlilies up close. We also saw a lot of Cezanne, Degas, Manet, Matisse, Renoir, Van
Gogh, and Toulouse-
Lautrec. There were also a couple paintings by Mary
Cassatt who is one of my favorites. We had an audio guide in English so it was interesting to hear all the back stories of the different paintings.
This was by far my favorite sculpture by Rodin called The Gates of Hell. It's actually the plaster original for the
bronze cast. It depicts a scene from Dante's Inferno and has over 180 figures. It was meant to be the doorway for the museum so it was enormous. I thought it was fascinating to find so many famous sculptures in the door itself including The Thinker and The Kiss. I could have looked at this sculpture for hours.
I went to the Musee d' Orsay (Orsay Museum) yesterday with Melba, one of the wives of Paul's coworkers. We had such a wonderful time. There were so many gorgeous paintings and sculptures that we spent 6 hours going through the collection. There was a huge line to get in since the Louvre is closed on Tuesdays but it moved quickly and we were inside in no time at all.
I have always loved Monet so it was a thrill to see Waterlilies up close. We also saw a lot of Cezanne, Degas, Manet, Matisse, Renoir, Van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec. There were also a couple paintings by Mary Cassatt who is one of my favorites. We had an audio guide in English so it was interesting to hear all the back stories of the different paintings. 
This was by far my favorite sculpture by Rodin called The Gates of Hell. It's actually the plaster original for the bronze cast. It depicts a scene from Dante's Inferno and has over 180 figures. It was meant to be the doorway for the museum so it was enormous. I thought it was fascinating to find so many famous sculptures in the door itself including The Thinker and The Kiss. I could have looked at this sculpture for hours.
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