MOVE OVER, MONA

If you’re prone to panic in big crowds, skip the Mona Lisa — the jostling and the crush and idiot selfie-takers will ruin the moment. Go around the corner to Géricault’s Wreck of the Medusa — one of the world’s finest epic paintings — and it may feel like you have the museum to yourself. The Louvre has lots of places free of the crowds.