ALF-II abstract photog

ghost in the machine

😵‍💫 weirdest perspective shots i’ve ever taken 🤔

despite the fact that i took four years of french

and literally spent a whole day IN the louvre

i always thought that the name louvre was weird

especially as a name for napoleon’s castle in the city

like, wondering is ‘louvre somebody’s name?’

i srsly can’t believe it took me this long to figure out

the louvre actually literally means “the work”

the louvre = the l’ouvre (!!!!!)

literally = “the work”

as in ‘work of art’

l’ouvre definition = the life’s work of an artist

i.e. da vinci’s ouvre = the totality of da vinci’s works

or in the case of encyclopedic museums such as the louvre or the metropolitan museum, they represent the totality of the works of the entire history of art

for napoleon, his collection of the great works produced in the entire history of art (winged victory anyone?)

the winged victory, masterpiece of ancient greece, louvre, paris

total digression

fun facts:

the winged victory’s original greek name is athena nike

(pronounced knee + kay)

and the company nike is literally named after this very sculpture

note that the nike swoosh = the shape of her wing

and lastly: