The ambassador obtained permission from the Ottoman authorities for a French warship to transport the statue to the Louvre ...

The Mona Lisa. The Venus de Milo. The Winged Victory of Samothrace. The collection in the Louvre Museum in Paris is an Art History 101 checklist. And yes, you must see the works in person.

The Louvre is now Carter Regis ... Beyoncé dances jerkily in front of The Winged Victory of Samthrace, a sculpture of the Greek goddess of Victory. The movements look deceptively frantic ...