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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can disagree with someone without calling them ignorant.  Maybe you never learned that in school.

The Louvre has like 5,000 paintings.  Most are not that well-known and are largely forgettable.  I wish they would focus on the fraction that are among the most famous artworks instead of bundling everything together in a somewhat unsightly manner.[/quote]

Just because something is not well-known doesn't mean it isn't amazing and worth looking at.  Be adventurous and find your own joy looking at the works no one else is. I'm sorry you think that most of their paintings are largely forgettable, but that says more about your tastes.

Besides, the Louvre has many more sculptures, drawings, decorative arts, antiquities, pieces of furniture. All sorts of amazing things. Paintings are just a small part of its collection. Plus the building itself is a former palace. Look up at the gold encrusted ceilings and all the details.

Did you know they have the code of Hammurabi?  Did you miss all the astonishing Egyptian works? The works from the Palace of Sargon? The Nike of Samothrace?

How about the French crown jewels? Ooh la la! https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/sun-gold-and-diamonds

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