louvre

The Louvre museum in Paris holds one of the world's finest collections of art and antiquities, housed in what was before the Revolution a royal palace.

Bloggers are frequently describing their visit, and particularly their view of its most famous painting, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa".

They can also be reviewing guidebooks, and sharing photos. They are also often reviewing individual exhibitions at the museum.

Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code, in which the Louvre plays a central part, is also a popular topic for bloggers.

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• Pompidou Strike Could Shut Down Other Museums

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 793
  Frances major tourist attractions, including the Louvre, the Musée dOrsay, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame and Versailles, could face closure next week because of a strike over planned job cuts.
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• Beirut Map Puts Abu Dhabi on Arts Map

  
  Lebanon News: Under Rug Swept — Authority: 422
  Abu Dhabi is working quite hard to establish itself as the cultural center of the Arabian Gulf with offshoots of the Louvre and Guggenheim sprouting up on the island with the map of Beirut making its debut: Marwan Rechmaoui’s “Beirut Caoutchouc” , a map of Lebanon’s capital made of 60 mats, was included ...
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• Book Review: Catch Picasso’s Rooster by Julie Appel and Amy Guglielmo

  
  Lair of the Green Knight — Authority: 122
  Hi all! When you have young children, you are often fighting a battle between entertaining them and educating them. The younger they are, the less attention span they typically have, which means that entertainment often occupies the lion’s share of the job. As they get older, they are more able to entertain ...
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• France

  
  Pinoy Photographer — Authority: 112
  It’s now here my photos of France. One of my favorite destination.Visit the entire gallery (click below)http://www.pinoyphotographer.net/galleries/paris-france/Related posts:London United Kingdom Gallery Here’s the 2nd installment shots and this completes my London...Dinagyang 2009 [Photos] Now uploaded 1st batch ...
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• Museum Exhibitions and The Book

  
  Bad at Sports — Authority: 546
  I’m fascinated (alas, only from afar) by the Louvre’s Special Guest program and in particular with its use of acclaimed novelists as guest curators. (I’ve posted on this program before, here ). The Louvre has featured Toni Morrison in this capacity in the past; right now, the novelist and semiotician Umberto ...
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• stupid handbag deal of the week

  
  Hip to be Mom — Authority: 125
  If I had to name my business promotion, I probably wouldn’t have thought of a more interesting name.As it is, I’m the most misunderstood person on the planet. So if I even breathed the... Find out what happens next - continue reading this post at Hip2bMoms blog.
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• The Louvre

  
  Habitually Chic — Authority: 470
  I just attended an event for the Young Patrons group of the American Friends of the Louvre and thought this would make a good time to post some of photos of this amazing museum! Since our hotel was just across the Seine from the Louvre, we often walked past it and even through it as we toured the city. When most ...
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• Saturday Read: Loot, by Sharon Waxman

  
  College Candy — Authority: 650
  Okay, I admit it. This is an uber nerdy post. But uber nerdy can be uber good and even uber fun sometimes! For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in history. Unfortunately, my university program doesn’t really allow for me to take all the history courses my little heart desires, but I can get away ...
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• France Brings You The Lovers Den

  
  Guide To A Great Vacation — Authority: 142
  It’s not too late to plan a getaway for this summer or the fall. Europe is a flurry of activity this time of year, with festivals, sightseeing tours and special events. The glory of staying in Paris hotels is that other destinations are right around the corner. You can hop an overnight train and take Rome tours of ...
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• What Paris Has To Offer

  
  Guide To A Great Vacation — Authority: 142
  There are many fantastic cities that you can elect to visit. But there is something about journeying to a new country to discover the rich history that it has to offer. You can combine your vacation into one that also is educational and quite cultural. Of all the cities in the world there is one that often makes the ...
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• In the beginning were lists

  
  otrops — Authority: 108
  Umberto Eco has been invited by the Louvre in Paris to curate an exhibition . He has chosen lists as his organising principle. Making lists is often derided as a cop-out: something that we do instead of actually creating or making something. Lists have recently been called a degenerate case of essay . It seems ...
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• American Friends Of The Louvre Gather For An Autumn Affair

  
  Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Places, Parties & Nightlife — Authority: 693
  [All photos by JP Pullos for PMc ] . Last night at the Elie Tahari boutique, the Young Patrons Circle of the American Friends of the Louvre gathered for “An Autumn Affair.” Guests sipped and socialized while also getting a jumpstart on their holiday shopping. A portion of sales went toward the group’s ...
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• Le couple Sarkozy dans les Simpson The Louvre is so… closed...

  
  rock out with your coq au vin out — Authority: 511
  Le couple Sarkozy dans les Simpson The Louvre is so… closed on Mondays.
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• Augmented Reality Does Time Travel Tourism

  
  Singularity Hub — Authority: 571
  A telescope so powerful you can see into the past. Great scott! Augmented reality is taking tourists and thrusting them back in time to experience the sights (and sometimes sounds) of the ancient world. Using a camera and video screen, AR blends live and digital images in real time, giving you the sense that ...
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• Paris Photo Brightens the City of Light

  
  Flavorwire — Authority: 712
  Numerous cities hold photography fairs and festivals, but none do it as well as the City of Light. Back for its 13th edition, Paris Photo takes over the Carrousel du Louvre to present 19th-century, modern, and contemporary photography by 102 exhibitors, including 89 galleries and 13 publishers from 23 countries. With ...
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• Pierre-Antoine Demachy (1723-1807) Dégagement de la colonnade du Louvre vue prise pendant le démolition des vestiges de lhôtel

  
  Les cahiers d'Alain Truong — Authority: 155
  Pierre-Antoine Demachy (1723-1807) Dégagement de la colonnade du Louvre vue prise pendant le démolition des vestiges de lhôtel du Petit Bourbon Huile sur panneau. Porte une signature «Demachy» en bas à gauche. (Petits accidents) 49 X 64 cm - Estimation : 30 000 / 40 000 € Provenance : Collection D. ...
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• Paris | Vancouver wedding + destination photographer

  
  the adventures of FOTOCHICK — Authority: 120
  angelahubbard - wow Paris is so phenominal! I’m still going thru my 8000 photographs, plus doing shoots, editing and making wedding albums, so my 30 blogs in 30 days hasn’t been.. but here are a few more of some of my Paris sites…. more to come. peace angela
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• Paris – Bushido Impact 9

  
  A Snapshot of London — Authority: 100
  Cliquez ici pour traduire vers le Français Bonjour Welcome to Paris. SFII Sagat stage Femi on the hunt. Crepes We stayed up until around 7am every day playing Street Fighter IV & Pro Evo, so people closed their eyes every chance they got. Lawrence Homeless guy. ...
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• Eco, lists, and the Louvre

  
  Art Ravels — Authority: 125
  Doesnt he look like Hercule Poiret? I confess, despite having left University, I still manage to have professor-like crushes on men Ive never met, and Umberto Eco comes first and foremost on my list. He wrote the bestselling The Name of the Rose novel, is the preeminent semiotician, and more recently has written ...
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• To take pictures or not to take pictures, that is the question.

  
  PRODUCERS PERSPECTIVE Ken Davenport, Broadway Producer, Off-Broadway, Theater — Authority: 421
  I had two experiences last week that couldn’t have been more different. I received an invite to Fuerza Bruta’s  “Twitter Night” on Thursday, Dec. 3rd where I would be “encouraged to live tweet with pictures and video.” Benefits to the show, obvious. I also saw Hamlet last week, and ...
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