Seriously though i’m biased because i’m a fiber arts sicko but if you want to see a c. 1500 masterpiece in paris i highly recommend skipping the mona lisa and seeing the lady and the unicorn tapestries:
- way less people
- rabbits
- you can get like 1 inch away if you want
- dozens of rabbits
- looks even better in person, instead of much worse
- seriously they’re HUGE
- moving visual disquisiton on the 5 senses plus bonus mysterious sixth sense
- it has bunmy rabbits
@hannah I can second that recommendation.
(Apart from the intrinsic worth, it was great because a few months later, I could casually slip it into talks with a real estate agent who was way sharper dressed than me, earned way more than me, and projected waaay more confidence than me, but still wasn’t able to bluff that he had any clue about the repro covering the wall of his way more sumptious office)
@hannah not in Paris but if you like that, try this one
DEFINITELY.... when my family and I went there, they zoomed past a lot of awesome artwork, while I lazily strolled and actually stopped to enjoy a bunch of it.
You can't even really see the Mona Lisa. other stuff you can basically walk up and touch.
@hannah The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries are AMAZING. So sumptuous.
I still use the unicorn from one of those tapestries as my Google avatar.
@hannah you forget the best part....
You can sit down and admire, and just slide to the right to admire the next tapestry, staying sitted ..
Very important for people who suffer while standing in museums 🤩
@hannah yeahhhh
And rabbits are clearly one of the bonus of many splendid medieval tapestries
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@erik
Musée de Cluny - Musée National du Moyen Âge 😁
@hannah There are parts of the Louvre which almost no one goes to! Full of amazing treasures! Like these. Last time I was there I spent most of my time between the tapestries and Ancient Greek pottery, mostly alone
Also, other museums.
@hannah i was taken to see the mona lisa when i was someteen and found the whole experience entirely uninspiring; in the end i couldn't be bothered to stand in the queue to see it up close when seeing it from a bit of a distance did nothing for me.
those rabbits, though