Louvre

The Louvre, also know as the beholder of history, is one of the most illustrious tourism sites in the world. The Louvre is located in Paris, France and encloses some the most eminent pieces of art ever constructed. Founded in 1792, the Louvre is composed of preeminent works of art including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Liberty Leading the People, and The Raft of Medusa. Before the Louvre was founded it served as palace for approximately two centuries. It accommodated many noble figures of France including King Francis I, King Philip II, King Henry II, King Charles IX, King Louis the XIV, and King Louis XIII. In conclusion, the Louvre is rich with history and has served as an imperative role in preserving the world that existed previously.…

Located in Paris, France, the Louvre houses some of the most treasured pieces of art ever created. From Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to the famous Glass Pyramids by I.M. Pei, the Louvre is the world’s largest museum (at 652,300 square feet), with more than 35,000 pieces of art stored within its walls. However, the Louvre is much more than a museum. The Louvre itself is a piece of art. Built in the year 1190, the Louvre was designed to protect Paris from raids by other armies. The Louvre was…

specific requirements in a museum setting. The Louvre established standards in all of the above mentioned areas. When designing the Met, architects took these aspects into consideration in attempts to build the ideal space. At the Louvre, paintings in the Grand Gallery are displayed by a system of school, chronology, and by size (McClellan, 1994, p. 80). Keeping education in mind as a function of the museum, this method of classification provides…

fashioned into a church-like shape and depicted the life of the saint it honored. All the different types of relic and reliquaries serve the same function, to contribute to and legitimize the authority of the church during the medieval era within the Catholic world. The creation of the reliquary and relic theology aided the spread of the Catholic religion throughout the medieval world as relics were traded, stolen, gifted, and assisted the creation of political and religious alliances.…

Visons of utopia manifest themselves throughout history as universal and shared ideals, yet the struggle for utopia is most poignantly experienced by the underprivileged and the marginalized. The hope and failure inherent in this struggle is a motif that presents itself in both real and fictional worlds. In 1893, black Americans like Ida B.Wells and Frederick Douglass spoke against the implicit racism of the Columbian Exposition. In 1911, an Italian named Vincenzo Peruggia, reacting to the…

deposited and organized. Today there are guided tours through the underground cemetery, however, a majority of the tunnel systems are cut off. A ticket to walk amongst the deceased of Paris costs around $29 for an audio guide tour or around $5 without an audio guide (Catacombes de Paris). In addition to the fascinating structures and oddities of Paris, there exist numerous institutions that house masterpiece paintings and other one-of-a-kind work of art. Possibly the most well-known art museum…

The most famous building that we can find in Paris are Eiffel Tower, the cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-Paris, Arc de Triomphe, Palais du Louvre, Sacré-Cœur, Panthéon, Opéra Garnier, Les Invalides, Centre Pompidou and Palais du Luxembourg. From all of them, the Eiffel Tower is the most famous architectural landmark of Paris, called the Lady of Paris, also recognized as a symbol of France. Today, it is the fifth tallest building in France and the tallest building in Paris. Eiffel Tower is located at…

they had chocolate mousse and macarons. Red, pink, green, coral all different colors! They loved colorful things. They were stuffed, so after dinner, they headed back to their hotel to go to bed. The next morning they woke up to birds singing and a bright sunshine. They got dressed, brushed their hair, brushed their teeth and went to the hotel lobby to get breakfast. They got cereal, waffles, pancakes, and beverages. For a beverage they had milk and coffee. Afterwards, they thought what they…

over 22.4 million tourists visited the city of Paris, which was a drop from 2013, and in 2014 the number of tourists rose reaching an all time high with 42 million people visit Paris, despite the two deadly terrorist acts. But in 2016 and the number of tourist visitors dropped 1.5 million because of the fear of a terrorist act. But now in 2017 even with the drop of tourist in the past few years with 42 million tourists coming in 2017 it is the most visited city in the world. The Louver Palace…

In the cycles of the art world, artistic styles progress over time and new innovative techniques embody an era, but the past periods never truly fade from the mind of the artist, hence periods like the Renaissance, a rebirth of an older era of art. However this retrospective obsession with art can meddle up an art history timeline if a statue is not properly dated to the correct era. This is case the regarding the Piombino Apollo, a statue found at sea in 1832 with a complex history of study…