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| The bust of Louis XVII |
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| Bust of Alexander The Great |
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| Showing a man writing hieroglyphs |
The Louvre museum is home to many beautiful pieces of art like sculptures and paintings among others. What caught my immediate attention were these very beautiful headless statues. Although headless, these sculptures have great detail on their clothing which makes them seem very real. Each and every fold in the cloth is specifically shown; the textures are very well represented and have a very rough yet smooth feeling to them. Though these statues don’t have an apex they still manage to capture your view and make you want to look at them even more.
There were not only headless statues but bodiless busts like that of Alexander the Great.
Some of the sculptors whose work is present in the Louvre are – Michelangelo, Puget, and Houdon etc. Other statues: There were also other sculptures that caught the eye like that of a rider on a horse, of kings, of angels, of babies, of Gods and Goddesses… The famous Venus de Milo was the center of attraction; though the statue is armless is still holds great beauty and elegance. Aside from Roman and Greek sculptures there were a few Egyptian sculptures too - statues of cats, the priest of Bastet, the very famous Seated Scribe and the Sphinx.
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