Monday, May 31, 2010

Louvre - The 3 treasures

The holy grail neath ancient Roslin waits, Adorned in masters loving art she lies,
The blade and chalice guarding over her gates, She rests at last beneath starry night...
-Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown.
Yes, i had always wanted to come here. I had been watching and watching the movie until i can saw the Louvre when i closed my eye. The famous pyramid, it gain more mystery after the Da Vinci Code shown. I plan to go in at 6pm (to save Euro 3 entrance fees) but end up i decided not to waste my time anymore, bought at ticket at E9 (so cheap)and began my journey.
People say, you can finished visiting Louvre in 30 mins, you can also finished in 3 weeks. For 30 min tour (i guess this is what most of the travel group will do), you only need to visit the 3 treasure in Louvre - Victoire de Samothrace (as below pic), Monalisa and Venus de Milo. For me, i had 4 hours. Following the signage to Monalisa, you will came to this Victoire de Samothrace. 虽然已经残缺不堪,可是你还是可以看到巧夺天工的雕刻,充分展现了女性飘逸的美。仿佛有一阵阵的海风在吹过来。
One level up was the place where the beauty of Louvre unfurl. Wow, so many paintings, so huge!
I saw it! Da Vinci's painting!
So Dark the con of Man .. lead langdon to this painting.Another painting by Da Vinci. I not sure was it because of the lighting or my camera problem. The photo that i took on all paintings cant show its true color. The real painting was 1000 times nicer than the photo.
Finally, i saw her....She was so small, but she occupy the whole hall and at least 4 security guards. Luckily tonight there were not much visitors. So i can had a closed contact with her. My friend said : i don't know why it so famous, it just a painting, quite normal maa...
But when i saw it, i know why was it so precious. For me, she was not a painting, in fact she was a lady, a living lady.当第一眼看到她的时候,天啊!这是一副画吗 ?对我来说她是一个实实在在的人。那么的富有生命力。我马上知道为什么她的微笑那么让人着迷了。当你开始注视她的时候,你会觉得她在微微的笑。可是看着看着,她的笑容变得有点调皮了,好像在嘲笑我们这一群无知的人,那么疯狂的热爱她。然后又变成不可一世的样子 ,仿佛她的高高在上是理所当然的 ,是我们这些凡夫俗子所不能达到的。我眨眨眼,她又恢复了那种纯真的笑颜了。
当你了解就是这幅画,花了达文西10多年的时间来完成,也是这幅画,在他临终之前一直陪伴他。你能不感动,能不震撼吗?用心做的东西可以让别人感受到,这幅用了那么多心血的作品,让达文西在逝世很久很久后,人们还是可以感觉的到。
The last treasure - Venus de Milo. I found that it was much more easy to ask other people to took photo for you in Louvre, because there were many solo traveler here and they were happy enough to help.
Where was Allysa ? She decided to save the E3 and go for shopping first. :)

No comments: