After visiting the Eiffel Tower, Professor Abner took everyone to visit the Louvre.

When it comes to the Louvre, everyone has already heard of it, Qu Lihua has also seen it in the documentary before, the Louvre has become a world-famous art palace, one of the largest art treasures, and a palace of ten thousand treasures that has attracted worldwide attention.

I haven't had the opportunity to come and see it before, this time is really a rare opportunity, making Qu Lihua a little excited, as a Chinese, not everyone can have the opportunity to go abroad, many hard-working Chinese, every day is very busy, they live in their own very small circle of life, work step by step, live a 9-to-5 life.

Most of the time is busy for a living, a month of hard work, just to be able to go to the finance office on the fifteenth of the next month to get a month's salary to support the family, every day need to worry about firewood, rice, oil and salt, save money from between the teeth, and save to buy a house, give birth to a baby, buy milk powder, and provide for children to go to school.

There are many places to use money, there is money to travel abroad, and a lot of money is also needed to join a group, and the average family will also be frightened by this travel fee.

Just like Qu Lihua's white-collar family, she is still reluctant to travel to European and American countries, and the cost of joining a group is also expensive, and she can't stay for a few days, so she pays for a hotel by herself, which is also very expensive.

This rare opportunity for her to follow Xia Yuxiang to go abroad to inspect the countries along the "Belt and Road", Qu Lihua is so happy, going abroad and not going abroad are really different, her eyes are wide open, only to know that there are so many historical buildings in the world, leaving so many stories.

Professor Abner began to introduce that the Louvre Museum is located on the north bank of the Seine River in the center of Paris, France, ranking first among the four major museums in the world, founded in 1204, was originally the royal palace of France, where 50 French kings and queens lived, is one of the most precious buildings in the French Renaissance, and is famous for its rich collection of classical paintings and sculptures.

At that time, it was only the castle of the royal palace of Philippe Auguste II, and is famous for its rich collection of classical paintings and sculptures, and is one of the most precious buildings of the French Renaissance.

Qu Lihua was also very curious about the Louvre, and she asked, "Professor Abner, how many parts is the Louvre divided into?"

Professor Abner replied: "The Louvre is divided into six sections: the Gallery of Greco-Roman Art, the Gallery of Egyptian Art, the Gallery of Oriental Art, the Gallery of Painting, the Gallery of Sculpture and the Gallery of Decorative Arts. ”

Professor Abner led everyone inside and explained it to everyone.

"Like other ancient buildings in the world, it has a history and a very special story, where Philip II built a castle that opened onto the Seine, mainly for the archives and treasures of the royal family, but also for his dogs and prisoners of war, then known as the Louvre, which was used as a royal palace during the reign of Charles V, making it a completely different building. ”

Over the next 350 years, as the royal family demanded more and more pleasures, they added ornate towers and chic rooms, but for the next 150 years, the Louvre was not inhabited by a king. ”

In the middle of the 16th century, when François I succeeded to the throne, he demolished the palace and ordered the architect Pierre Lesco to rebuild it on the basis of the original castle. ”

Qu Lihua was puzzled, "Why did you want to demolish this palace?"

Professor Abner said: "We have seen that many of the world's historical sites have been tortuous, either demolished or experienced war, and people's aesthetics are different. ”

François also asked a famous painter of the time to paint a portrait of him, he admired the painters of the Italian school, and bought paintings by Faelo, the most famous Italian painter of the time, including the Mona Lisa and other treasures. ”

"Oh, I know, I've seen the Mona Lisa, and I've always said that her smile is mysterious, but I can't see where the mystery is?"

"Haha!" said the head of Xia Yuxiang, "It is painted according to the aesthetics of the French, and not according to the aesthetics of our Chinese, it is said that the Mona Lisa is a noble lady, and at that time, the popular portrait became a representative symbol of French women, and it has been handed down to the present and has become a world famous painting." ”

"Well, that's true, we'll talk about that later!" Professor Abner was well organized, he knew the history of the Louvre by heart, and as soon as he opened the conversation, he gushed endlessly.

Henry II, the son of François I, rebuilt the destroyed part of his father's house when he ascended to the throne, Henry was fond of French Renaissance architecture and was not interested in Italian architecture, he followed his father's hobby, but did not have the same aesthetic as his father. ”

"During the reign of Henry IV, he spent 13 years building the Grand Gallery, the most spectacular part of the Louvre, a magnificent 300-metre-long corridor with a very long corridor where Henry planted trees, kept birds and dogs, and even rode horses to hunt foxes. ”

"Do you still have birds and dogs, and you still ride horses to chase foxes?" Meng Wenjie was a little curious.

"Yes, in the words of our modern people, it is to let go of himself, he can raise whatever he likes, how happy he is, rich and capricious!"

"Hahaha......" everyone laughed.

"Louis XIV is a famous king in French history, he is known as the Sun King, he was only 5 years old when he ascended the throne, he was king in the Louvre for 72 years, the longest reigning king in French history. ”

"Wow, being a king for 72 years!"

"Yes, in 72 years, he is still quite blessed, the subsequent kings have not reigned as long as him, and he still has a great influence on the Louvre. ”

"Louis XIV built the Louvre into a square courtyard and built a palatial gallery outside the courtyard, he bought paintings from various schools in Europe, including works by Cashdai, Rembrandt and others, and his lifelong fascination with art and architecture left the French treasury empty. ”

"Later, during the French Revolution, the National Assembly declared that the Louvre belonged to the public. ”

"You must have heard of Napoleon, right?"

"Well, I've heard that the French are said to admire Napoleon?"

"Well, yes, Napoleon was a bold man, he was a heavyweight in the history of France, many of his aphorisms have been preserved, and they are still passed on by posterity, and the period of his reign was also a very prosperous period in France, and Napoleon still has credit. ”

"But he is a man, not a god, a man has his own likes and interests, or is it the same sentence, rich and capricious, he can put what he likes, and he can come as he likes!"

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