Thursday, March 29, 2007

Walk 7: Louvre Atlanta Exhibition, High Museum, Atlanta

101 Now walk around the mural to the right and look for several objects. When you find them, press play.

207 Now look around at all the other vases in the room.

106 Platter Cover, 1758, Silver, François-Thomas Germain.

208 Later, I’ll tell you how her fairytale life ended in tragedy.

210 If you want to learn more about the magnificent palace of Versailles, press the green play button, si tu plais.

Now turn around. Your tour continues past the statues and straight through the door ahead of you.

Antonio Susini “Cereberus”, Bronze.

114 To hear more about the beginning of the Louvre as a museum, please press play.

120 To learn about the role of art under the reign of Louis XIV, press play now.

This painting is the last painting on the tour. If you haven’t seen all the paintings, go do that now and come back to this one.

And, you’ve reached the end of the Louvre tour.