Pont Neuf, Short History

The Pont Neuf bridge, which means "new bridge" is actually the oldest bridge in Paris; 400 years old. These paintings, and a few others we saw were painted from inside the Louvre Museum. The Louvre used to allow young artists to live there, and learn from the old classic painters. The Impressionist "turned their back" literally and figuratively on the old way of painting. While Monet lived in the Louvre, he painted from balconies looking out onto the city, therefore turning his back on the Louvre. Their perspective in these paintings are from a higher view than mine, because they were in the Louvre, on a balcony, or looking out a window.