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The Louvre Colonnade is the easternmost façade of the Louvre Palace in Paris. It has been celebrated as the foremost masterpiece of French Architectural Classicism since its construction, mostly between 1667 and 1674.
No fewer than twenty building campaigns have been identified in the history of the Louvre Palace. [21] The architect of the largest such campaign, Hector Lefuel, crisply summarized the identity of the complex by noting: "Le Louvre est un monument qui a vécu" (translatable as "The Louvre is a building that has gone through a lot").
This room was remodeled by Louvre architect Victor-Auguste Blavette around 1920, and the Louvre's pioneering collection of Islamic art was displayed there from June 1922. [7] It was then known as Salle Delort de Gléon , as a tribute to businessman Alphonse Delort de Gléon (1843–1899) [ 8 ] and his wife Marie–Augustine (1852–1911), [ 9 ...
The Lescot Wing of the Louvre Palace. The Lescot Wing (Aile Lescot in French, also Aile Henri II) is the oldest preserved structure above ground of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It was designed by architect Pierre Lescot and built between 1546 and 1551. Its architecture is influenced by Italian Mannerism. [1]
The Escalier Daru is the last in a series of increasingly monumental staircases built to serve this area of the Louvre building. In 1722, as the old Queen Mother's apartment on the ground floor of the Petite Galerie was being prepared to be the residence of Mariana Victoria of Spain the betrothed of Louis XV, [3] a staircase was built to lead directly into the Salon Carré on the upper level ...
The Petite Galerie is a wing of the Louvre Palace, which connects the buildings surrounding the Cour Carrée with the Grande Galerie bordering the River Seine. Begun in 1566, its current structures date mainly from the 17th and 19th centuries. Most of its main floor is now the Galerie d'Apollon, one of the Louvre's most iconic spaces.
Pavillon de Flore in 2011. Carpeaux's sculpture Flore is centered under the pediment of the south (river) facade. Outline plan of the Louvre Palace: the Pavillon de Flore is at the lower left, in red; the former Tuileries Palace, on the left, in white; the 'old' quadrangular Louvre, on the right, in two shades of blue.
The Salon Carré is an iconic room of the Louvre Palace, created in its current dimensions during a reconstruction of that part of the palace following a fire in February 1661. It gave its name to the longstanding tradition of Salon exhibitions of contemporary art in Paris which had its heyday there between 1725 and 1848.