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North wing of Louvre facing main courtyard. The Louvre Palace (French: Palais du Louvre, [palɛ dy luvʁ]), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois.
The Louvre's extensive collections of Asian art were moved to the Guimet Museum in 1945. Nevertheless, the Louvre's first gallery of Islamic art opened in 1893. [60] Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt is seen with a plaster model of the Venus de Milo, [61] while visiting the Louvre with the curator Alfred Merlin on 7 October 1940.
Inside pictures: a view of the Louvre Museum in Paris from the underground lobby of the pyramid. The pyramid in the Cour Napoléon shown on a schematic of the Louvre. The Grand Louvre project was announced in 1981 by François Mitterrand, the President of France. In 1983 the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei was selected as its architect ...
“Louvre Couture, Art and Fashion: Statement Pieces” marks the prestigious museum’s first foray into fashion, with a sprawling exhibition dedicated to the relationship between designers and art.
The Louvre's last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled. A look at what's at stake: Move designed to make Louvre experience easier.
The Petite Galerie of the Louvre was first built in the 16th century. A second storey with a long room for the display of art was added during the reign of Henry IV . Known as the Galerie des Rois , it was decorated by artists of the Second School of Fontainebleau , including Toussaint Dubreuil , Jacob Bunel and his wife Marguerite Bahuche ...
Visitors in the Grande Galerie. The Grande Galerie (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d ɡalʁi]), in the past also known as the Galerie du Bord de l'Eau (Waterside Gallery), is a wing of the Louvre Palace, perhaps more properly referred to as the Aile de la Grande Galerie (Grand Gallery Wing), [1] since it houses the longest and largest room of the museum, also referred to as the Grande Galerie ...
In May 2016, after will.i.am released a 12-minute documentary, titled will.i.am at the Louvre , and a music video for his song "Mona Lisa Smile," the museum responded with another guided tour that ...