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by atwebb 2419 days ago
The most amazing thing about the Mona Lisa to me was the rest of the room. It also wasn't that crowded (2009ish).
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khc 2419 days ago
I was at the Louvre for the first time just a couple weeks ago. The Mona Lisa room was so crowded that I didn't bother lining up or looking at anything else in the room. Definitely a bad experience for people who don't like crowded museums.
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opwieurposiu 2419 days ago
"Liberty Leading the People" was near the Mona Lisa when I was there. It looks very drab on a computer screen but amazing in person.
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xxxtentachyon 2419 days ago
It was in a different wing with other 19th century French art when I visited in 2016, but yes, it was huge, imposing, and very moving
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ch4s3 2419 days ago
Interesting, I was there in 2004 and it was ass to elbows and impossible to shove through to the next room. The paintings nearby were amazing though.
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was_boring 2419 days ago
Might have something to do with economic cycles; 2004 was a better time in world economics then 2009.
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brummm 2419 days ago
It also might just have been lucky 15min for the first guy.
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