After visiting the Musée d’Orsay and the Louvre, I am overwhelmed with the amount I have learned and seen in the last week. I am not necessarily the most extensive art lover, so if I were to come to Paris by myself, there is a big chance I would not visit these museums during my stay. That being said, I am so happy and grateful that we can do this as a class so I have the opportunity to see things I probably wouldn’t have seen. My favorite part about the Musée d’Orsay was the architecture and furniture section of the museum because I thought it was so interesting how simple all of the pieces were, yet somehow so detailed and thought out. In compliance with that, my favorite part of the Louvre was seeing Napoleon III’s “quarters” and seeing all of the original architecture. The Louvre was beautiful; I did not like the crowds and long lines because they made it very difficult to examine the art itself.
