I was thinking of going to the Louvre on Tuesday but it was closed. I wasn’t sure where to go so I took the metro to one of the stations near the center of town. By Accident, I got out and I was on Champs-Elysees Avenue. I walked towards Arch du Triumph and I saw one of the Paris tour buses. I thought this was a good opportunity to get familiar with the main attractions and then I could choose which one to see. When the bus stopped by the D’Orsey art museum, I got off and went inside. The museum building itself (originally a station) and the works of art were a feast for the eye and mind. I wondered what is it that compels human beings to create and recreate beauty? Let me take you on a tour.
Wikipedia: The Musée d’Orsay is a museum on the left bank of the Seine, housed in the former railway station, the Gare d’Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts edifice built between 1898 and 1900. It holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography, and is probably best known for its extensive collection of impressionist masterpieces by such painters such as Monet, Degas, Renoir, and Cezanne. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum’s opening in 1986 >>>
