Lovely Ladies in the Louvre

The Louvre museum was originally built as a fortress and utilised as a storage palace to keep the royal art collection, before being opened to the public in 1793. Since then the Louvre museum has been gradually increasing in its art-collection and in 2008 the museum was separated in eight curatorial divisions.

There are numerous masterworks in the Louvre but most tourist swill want their Louvre museum tickets to exclusively see the renowned ladies of the Louvre:

The Venus of Milo, Nike of Samothrace and The Mona Lisa.

The Venus of Milo was found in 1820 by a peasant on Melos, Greece and is now shown in the Louvre museum. It is the depiction of the goddess of beauty, love and fertility, named Venus or Aphrodite. The figure is made out of marble and is famously missing both her arms. The beauty of her face lies in proportions: her nose is actually one-third of her face. It might not be realistic but it is the concept of divine beauty. A mark that perpetual exploration for perfection is lasting

This winged figure of Nike, the goddess of Victory was discovered in 1863 on Samothrace. Hence it was renamed the Victory of Samothrace and placed in the Louvre museum. Originallyit was a winged woman posing on the front of a ship and though she might have literally lost her head, the exquisiteness lies in her body. The creativity is shown in the stone shape of the feminine body that seems to be hidden beneath her wet clothes.

Arguably the most celebrated piece in the Louvre museum is the Mona Lisa. Before it was displayed in the Louvre, the painting even stayed in Napoleon’s bedroom. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci but the artwork was never signed. Its creator is not the only reason for her world-fameIt is painted with inventive practice at the time, like the sfumato, there is a realism of the painting. Of course there is her infamous smile and her eyes that seem to follow you everywhere.

The ladies of Louvre are anticipating visitors daily in the Louvre museum. They are very popular so book your tickets for the Louvre museum early to get an immediate audience and skip the queue!