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　　卢浮宫
　　The Louvre first opened to the public in 1793, following the Revolution, as a showcase for the art treasures of the kings of France. Most famed French works include David’s Coronation of Napoléon, The Turkish Bath, Géricault’s depiction of disaster, Delacroix’s ode to revolution and Liberty Leading the People.
　　The museum’s greatest treasure, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, is in a bullet-proof case. There are plans to move it into its own room, but for now it is on display in room 13, on the first floor of the Denon wing. Excavations have exposed traces of the medieval Louvre, which are on display together with the history of the Louvre under the Cour Carrée, in the entresol level in the Sully wing.
　　
　　
　　Musée Rodin (Rodin Museum)
　　罗丹博物馆
　　Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) lived and worked in this 18th-century hotel particular. Now the Rodin Museum, his sculptures populate the interior and gardens. Indoors, The Kiss portrays eternal passion frozen in white marble, while The Hand of God gives life to creamy white, half-formed figures. Works of Rodin’s mistress and pupil, Camille Claudel, and paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir and Rodin himself are also on display. The gardens are graced by the monumental bronze The Thinker, whose godly physique contrasts sharply with the decrepitude of the writhing figures of The Gates of Hell and the controversial final portrait of Balzac, once described as a block that disgraces its author and French Art.
　　
　　　
　　
　　Musée National Picasso (National Picasso Museum)
　　毕卡索博物馆
　　Paris-based Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) owned most of this collection, the largest worldwide, housed in a 17th-century mansion in the Marais. All phases of his art are represented, with preparatory sketches and paintings covering the Blue Period, Rose Period, Cubism, Classicism, Surrealism and sculptures ranging from a huge plaster head to a small cat. Memorable works include the Blue Period self-portrait Paolo as Harlequin, the surreal Nude in an Armchair and poignant paintings of Marie-Thérèse. Photographs are displayed alongside the works they inspired and African masks with Picasso’s ‘primitive’ wood carvings. There is also a glimpse of the artist’s personal taste in paintings, with his Matisse and Cézanne paintings displayed alongside his own.
　　
　　
　　
　　Center Georges Pompidou (Georges Pompidou Center)
　　乔治·蓬皮杜国家艺术文化中心
　　Considered outrageous in 1977, the Pompidou Center, designed by Piano and Rogers, has become part of the Parisian landscape, primary colored tubes and all. The building was revamped and extended a few years ago, to cope with the huge numbers of people visiting its expanding collection of contemporary art and multimedia library. The center re-opened on the first day of the new millennium.
　　
　　
　　Musée d’Orsay (Museum of Orsay)
　　奥赛博物馆
　　The museum’s home, an impressively converted railway station by the banks of the Seine, is stunning, but the real strength of this large museum lies in its collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. The collection, covering the decisive 1848-1914 period, is arranged chronologically, beginning on the ground floor, jumping to the third, then descending to the middle level.