After visiting both the Musee d’Orsay and Louvre, and I am feeling very grateful for both opportunities. I really enjoyed getting to visit these museums with a guide, because I feel it enhances the experience so much more. Getting to be able to learn about the art styles and the artists themselves makes me feel so much connected to the art. However, I think that I liked the Musee d’Orsay more than the Louvre. I think the Louvre experience was a little more difficult to enjoy because of how crowded and hot it was inside. Particularly, I found seeing the Mona Lisa to be very underwhelming, because she is a much smaller painting than I remember, and I could only see her for a few seconds. I felt like I could not take the time to really look at her, and felt pressure to take a picture and then get out of the way. On the contrary, the Musee d’Orsay was not nearly as busy, and felt like a more authentic experience. The architecture of the building itself also really stood out to me, and enhanced the art.
