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Despite
the
estimated
five
days
it
would
take
a
visitor
to
properly
appreciate
the
65
,
300
pieces
of
art
in
this
building
,
most
tourists
chose
an
abbreviated
experience
Langdon
referred
to
as
“
Louvre
Lite
”
–
a
full
sprint
through
the
museum
to
see
the
three
most
famous
objects
:
the
Mona
Lisa
,
Venus
de
Milo
,
and
Winged
Victory
.
Art
Buchwald
had
once
boasted
he
’
d
seen
all
three
masterpieces
in
five
minutes
and
fifty
-
six
seconds
.
The
driver
pulled
out
a
handheld
walkie
-
talkie
and
spoke
in
rapid
-
fire
French
.
«
Monsieur
Langdonest
arrivé
.
Deux
minutes
.
»
An
indecipherable
confirmation
came
crackling
back
.
The
agent
stowed
the
device
,
turning
now
to
Langdon
.
«
You
will
meet
the
capitaine
at
the
main
entrance
.
»
The
driver
ignored
the
signs
prohibiting
auto
traffic
on
the
plaza
,
revved
the
engine
,
and
gunned
the
Citroën
up
over
the
curb
.
The
Louvre
’
s
main
entrance
was
visible
now
,
rising
boldly
in
the
distance
,
encircled
by
seven
triangular
pools
from
which
spouted
illuminated
fountains
.
La
Pyramide
.
The
new
entrance
to
the
Paris
Louvre
had
become
almost
as
famous
as
the
museum
itself
.
The
controversial
,
neomodern
glass
pyramid
designed
by
Chinese
-
born
American
architect
I
.
M
.
Peistill
evoked
scorn
from
traditionalists
who
felt
it
destroyed
the
dignity
of
the
Renaissance
courtyard
.
Goethe
had
described
architecture
as
frozen
music
,
and
Pei
’
s
critics
described
this
pyramid
as
fingernails
on
a
chalkboard
.
Progressive
admirers
,
though
,
hailed
Pei
’
s
seventy
-
one
-
foot
-
tall
transparent
pyramid
as
a
dazzling
synergy
of
ancient
structure
and
modern
method
–
a
symbolic
link
between
the
old
and
new
–
helping
usher
the
Louvre
into
the
next
millennium
.
«
Do
you
like
our
pyramid
?
»
the
agent
asked
.
Langdon
frowned
.
The
French
,
it
seemed
,
loved
to
ask
Americans
this
.
It
was
a
loaded
question
,
of
course
.
Admitting
you
liked
the
pyramid
made
you
a
tasteless
American
,
and
expressing
dislike
was
an
insult
to
the
French
.
