The Louvre: art and love highlights very particular aspects of masterpieces that are often overlooked. History of art and culture is also history of love, and love comes in many different forms. This tour explores very important and influential yet often overlooked aspects of Eros which is BDSM (bondage, domination, sadomasochism). We seek to throw a light at the forces that created western art, especially Catholicism, its cult of martyres and veneration of pain. We dive deep into history of true meaning of what passion so as to understand the context and the true inspiration behind some of the greatest works of art ever created.
We will meet you at the Arc du Carrousel between the Louvre Museum and the Tuilerie's gardens in order to step into the museum together. The tour will concern around fifteen masterpieces known or less known, in order to give space and consideration also to old masters discarded my the main touristic paths. The tour can end into the museum, in order to let the visitors free to continue the visit by themselves.
You will make your own way to the meeting points