The Louvre Museum презентация

Collection musem
The collections of the Louvre keep the masterpieces of art from different civilizations, cultures and eras. The museum has about 300,000 exhibits, of which only 35,000 are exhibited in the halls. Many exhibits are kept in storage, since they cannot be shown to visitors for more than three months in a row for security reasons.
The exhibits of the Louvre are divided into the following collections:
The Ancient East
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece, Etruria, Rome
Art of Islam
Sculptures
Art objects
art
Graphic art
The history of the Louvre

Mona Lisa, La Gioconda,
a small story of a painting
On August 22, 1911, the Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci, which was kept in the Louvre, was stolen. In early 1914, the thief of the Gioconda, the Italian Vincenzo of the Mona Lisa. The collector who responded to the message about the sale reported it to the police. Soon, the arrested thief of the painting Leonardo later said that his motive was patriotic, he wanted to return the “Mona Lisa” to her homeland, to Italy. Another half a year "Gioconda" was exhibited in the museums of Italy, after which with special security measures
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