From the top of the Notre Dame.
Ah, Paris!
"Baila Morena" from the Sacré-Coure. See it live on the video feed below..."¡Baila Morena!"
Street music done right!
The Sacré-Coure.
The Louvre.
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace, is a 3rd century B.C. marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). Since 1884, it has been prominently displayed at the Louvre and is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world.
Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde) is a 16th-century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. It is arguably the most famous painting in the world, and few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing and parody.
The Borghese Gladiator - originally part of the Italian collection whose name it bears - is actually a depiction of a fighting warrior. It is a Hellenistic sculpture created at Ephesus about 100 BCE, signed by Agasias of Ephesus. It was found at Nettuno before 1611 and added to the Borghese collection in Rome. The Gladiator was valued at $1 million in the $13 million purchase of some 25+ pieces (if I remember correctly) acquired by Napoleon in 1807 from Camillo Borghese, who's government was badly in debt at the time.
The Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. It is believed to depict Aphrodite (called Venus by the Romans), the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Its arms and original plinth have been lost. From an inscription that was on its plinth, it is thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch.
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