Though there were a great many things to photograph within the
Louvre, I used my flash sparingly. Most people have no regard or
understanding of what a flash can do, and even at the great
Mona Lisa
did people use flash photography with their worthless little
cameras that would not expose anything but the flash off the glass.

The Hermaphrodite

From Rome, close to the
thermal baths of Diocletien
Greek Marble and Carrara
marble. Hermaphrodite was the
"son" of Hermes and Aphrodite.

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Here we see the "male side,"
where the image above shows
the "female side."

A Penile Inspectus


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Venus de Milo

The original Aphrodite;
this statue must be
5 metres tall!

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An old man skinning an animal,
known as "the rustic Flayer'
Made of marble.

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A close up the old man
skinning the animal, pulling
out its intestines and more.


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The god Pan.

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The Three Graces, symbols
of beauty, art and fertility.

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Artemis of the hind, known as
Diane of Versailles. Marble.

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A very well preserved carving
of a bust of a man. Very likely
a Roman emperor?

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The Centaur, ridden by Love.
Found in Rome, made of
marble.

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Sculpture of Socrates,
the great
Greek philospher.

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