The artwork of Paris

So we've been to many museums and art galleries while we've been in Paris. We started with the Orangerie whose claim to fame is Monet's waterlilies, which are displayed in two circular rooms (showing different times of the day). Monet wanted people to experience them as close to real life as possible and they are beautiful.
The Louvre is enormous and we visited it over two days and just skimmed it. People say the Mona Lisa is tiny but I thought it was a pretty average size, something you might hang in your lounge room (not that I'd hang the Mona Lisa, there were much more interesting paintings). As well as some impressive Greek sculpture including the Venus de Milo, Michelangelo's The Dying Slave and the Winged Victory of Samothrace (can I just say, I've seen enough marble penises to last a lifetime!), there were many beautiful paintings by Vermeer and Van Gogh. On top of that, the buildings themselves were incredible.
The Pompidou Centre building was an artwork in itself, with usually invisible structures on the outside of the building as a feature. They specialised in more modern painters and included artists like Kandinsky, who has found a new fan in Kate.
I think the Musee D'Orsay was my favourite. Many amazing works by impressionists and others such as Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, Seurat etc. They also had a special exhibition by Le Douanier Rousseau (not allowed to take photos in there but you can look up the name) which I loved and wanted to take home with me. I came close by buying a fold-up shoppong bag with one of the artworks on it!