
Building the Louvre. A Richly Illustrated History
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- Nombre de pages64
- PrésentationRelié
- FormatGrand Format
- Poids0.756 kg
- Dimensions25,1 cm × 34,8 cm × 1,2 cm
- ISBN978-2-918371-30-4
- EAN9782918371304
- Date de parution01/06/2017
- ÉditeurHonoré Clair
- AuteurHubert Naudeix
- AuteurMarlène Faure
Résumé
Meanwhile, the construction of the nearby Tuileries Palace during the Renaissance gave rise to a plan to connect the two palaces, known as the Grand Design.This new vision of grandeur would continue to haunt successive reigns from Louis XIV to Napoleon I. It was not until Napoleon III that the Grand Design was finally brought to fruition - which only lasted a few years, until the Tuileries Palace was burned down during the uprising known as the Paris Commune.
Today the palace of the Louvre, inevitably associated with its glass Pyramid, is still continuing to evolve in order to fulfil and expand its role of museum. Although the Louvre is now one of the world's most highly visited museums, people too often overlook the history of the palace in which it is housed. And yet great architects have worked on the building for over eight hundred years, in an ongoing quest for perfection unmatched anywhere in Europe over such a duration.
Author Guillaume Fonkenell has selected ten key periods from this vast creative saga, describing each one through spectacular 3-D renderings of reconstructed views. Designed to be useful and accessible to all, the book provides an overview of the history of the Louvre down through the centuries.