ARE YOU MASKED?
When this exhibition opened at the Louvre, it was a steamingly hot day and the tourists were there in their hoards. Summer is not the best month to go to the Louvre as Marielle and I have discovered many times. However, once you get by the crowds who are en route to see the Mona Lisa and a few other blockbuster pictures, it is reasonably quiet.
Yesterday we set off to see « Masques, Mascarades et Mascarons." It felt like the middle of winter. The final word (mascarons) did not ring a bell so I was glad, as you will see, to discover its true meaning. Primatice, masked figure looking to the right Sure there were a lot of people and as Marielle rightly said when we met up in front of the Information desk, the din must be horrific if you have to put up with it all day. So we set off. There was this huge poster with an arrow on it. Difficult to believe though, we had to ask at least three people before we were directed to the right gallery. Huge poster and virtually no di