The Carre Rive Gauche , bounded by the quai Voltaire , the boulevard St-Germain , and the rues du Bac and des Sts-Pares , is something of a museum of ancient Egyptian , Chinese , pre-Columbian , African , and Polynesian art , as well as Louis XV , Second Empire , Art Nouveau , and Art Deco .
The Egyptians , Chinese , and Africans all have their own forms of art .