The Louvre is the most famous Museum in Paris, France. You may know it or heard of it because it is home to the "Mona Lisa-, also known as "The Joconde- and the Greek statue known as the " Venus de Milo."" The Louvre used to be the former palace of the kings back then. A newest edition to the Louvre is the huge glass pyramid designed by I. M. Pei is now the entrance. The louvre was created in 1981, well the museum. The structure its self I was older around the 12th century. Many kings have lived in that Palace, and now it is a museum. It represents man centuries of art that's had been saved and it is all together to make one master piece collection. The Pyramid, it was a controversial structure, many people didn't like it because it was way to modern for the surrounding buildings, they said it just didn't go with anything else. On the other hand there were some people who thought that it looked good and it was just another style and piece of art added the collection. Well whatever the opinions were it stayed anyways. Later president Franzois Mitterrand took 5.000 civil workers from the north wing of the louvre to Bercy, which freed many space to further exhibition area. Now called the Richelieu Wing, hold French sculpture around two roofed courtyards. The first floor is dedicated to Objects d'art, and the second floor is dedicated to Dutch paintings. The basic shape of the louvre is like a "U- shape with a pyramid in the middle. Facing the Louvre the Richelieu is on the left hand side, the Denon section is on the right hand side, at the end is the sully, and last in the middle the entrance which is the pyramid. The louvre has many departments, such as, Oriental section, Egyptian section, Greek, Etruscan, and roman section, Objets d'art sec., Sculpture sec., Paintings section, and last the prints and drawings section. Some final info, The louvre was built by Philippe Augustine in 1204, it was first the royal Cheatu, and now it is a museum.
Standing outside of the Louvre is a glass pyramid. ... It is no wonder why Nike is often referred to as "the pearl of the Louvre." ... If Nike is the "pearl of the Louvre," then The Mona Lisa must be the diamond. The only problem with the Louvre is that visitors are not allowed to touch any of the artworks. ... Other than that, the Louvre is a great place to visit. ...
The Louvre is one of the most famous museums in the world. ... For around 2 centuries, the Louvre was home to French royalty, ambassadors and servants. ... The Louvre, in the 21st century, is now owned by the French government. ... The Louvre Pyramid is a glass and metal pyramidal structure that serves as the entrance to the museum. ... That too is considered a symbol of Paris just like the louvre and the arch of triumph. ...
Although the project lapsed, his success secured him lodgings and a studio in the Louvre. ... He also commissioned the superb portrait of himself and his four-year-old daughter (1795; Paris, Louvre; see fig.) which drew attention to Gérard at the Salon of 1796. ... Salon 1795; Paris, Louvre). ... Salon 1799; Paris, Louvre), in which personal expressiveness was couched in precise definition of form and soft yet subtle colour. ... Typical of the free brushwork and superb control of tone in his portraits is Mme Lecerf (1794; Paris, Louvre). ...
In my case, I felt the Louvre Museum which is located in France, Paris while I was traveling the Europe, and I believed that I have different feeling than others because of my unusual background as a Korean student who is majoring finance at United States. Throughout this paper, I would like to discuss my own feeling, and functional and cultural effects of the Louvre from my experience. Historically, the Louvre Museum was the palace of the kings of France from 14 century to 1628, and changed to one of the three world's major museum for the last two centuries that has original painting of...
Our hotel was situated in the heart of Paris which gave us ample time to visit the most famous sites, such as the Louvre museum. After the French Revolution, the Louvre became the great museum that it is today. ...
Yet the copy at the National Museum in Rome shows to be made of plaster, and the piece located at the Louvre in Paris is a Roman copy after the original made of marble in the 2nd century BC. ... The woman at the Louvre, however is in fabulous condition, with no portions missing, and the marble clean and restored. ...
Her most favorite places were the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Louvre. ... Her mom, dad, and she ventured out at the crack of dawn to wait on the endless line to Louvre. ... As she walked into the Louvre, she couldn't believe her eyes! ...
Every summer on our family vacation my mother would say "One, two, three, cheese" and snap a photograph. My siblings and I always hated being in the pictures and wondered why my mother still made us be in the picture. So why did my mother insist on making us be in the picture? She wanted us to...
The most popular museum in France, and perhaps the world, is the Louvre. The Louvre contains historical paintings, sculptures and other forms of art such as the Mona Lisa and the Venis de Milo. Pei's Pyramids at the Louvre are beautiful glass pyramids outside of the museum. ...