Friday, June 3, 2011

///The Louvre and Musee d'Orsay

Lescot, I.M. Pei, Egyptian Sphinx, Elgin Marbles, Botticelli, Rapheal, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Monet, and van Gogh in one day..........................................................................................



Claude Monet:






Vincent van Gogh:




Entrance to the Louvre under I.M. Pei's Pyramid




Rembrandt: 











Students:




The original building that the rest of the Louvre and Tuileries complex is based upon; this facade uplifted the castle to a palace, designed by Lescot from 1546-1551





Rapheal::


Antonio Campi:

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Veronese:




Leonardo Da Vinci:






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Hallway that connected the Louvre to the now burned down Tuileries Palace: 





Botticelli, 1484




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One of the Parthenon friezes from the Elgin Marble collection. On loan from the British Museum. Displays the annual Panathenaic procession



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Sculptures from ancient Greece:













The original Venus de Milo, Between 130 and 100 BCE






One of the oldest pieces in the Louvre:

Model of original Louvre castel. Notice the roofs and windows which depict the transition from  defense position to palace.



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