Gallery of the Louvre 1831 - 1833

Editor: Here we have Samuel Morse’s immense "Gallery of the Louvre." It feels…stuffy? Like being trapped in a very high-end attic. What strikes you most about this painting? Curator: Stuffy, perhaps, but also bursting with ambition! Morse, before he wired the world, dreamed of wiring American art into the European tradition. He's not just copying masterworks; he's curating a cultural conversation, asking, "What can America learn from Europe?" It makes me wonder, what do you think he hoped to convey? Editor: Hopes and dreams, all within a frame. That's a lot to process. Curator: Indeed. Art's like that, isn't it? Always more than meets the eye.