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Go to the corner and think about what youve done, Musee dOrsay.
But theyre not here just todrop some killer linesand don pastel suits around metropolitan Paris.
Consider it Art History 201, without that weird sexual tension with your professor.
Mona LisaYeah, you mightve heard of this one.
It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance period in 1503.
(But whoactuallyis theMona Lisa?)
The Coronation of NapoleonThis gigantic masterpiece was completed by Napoleons official painter, Jacques-Louis David, in 1807.
Bey and Jay, seemingly, really admire Davids virtuoso neoclassical style.
Portrait of Madame RecamierAnd we have yet another David!
Its a big day for him!
She was the wife of a banker.
(Its commonly dated to 2nd century BC.)
It was sculpted to honor Nike, the Greek goddess of victory.
Just look at those wings.
It has a body of a lion and a head of a king.
(Its dated around 100 BCE.)
Its believed to have been sculpted to the likeness of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
Only a few survived.
Even the Carters cant resist grooving around the museums glass-metal landmark, which was designed by I.M.
Pei and completed in 1989.
