| The Louvre Main Building - |
The Louvre was originally a
medieval fortress, built in 1200 during Philippe Auguste's reign,
on a location at which Paris's defenses were weakest. The site
was called Lupara, which became Louvre. Charles V enlarged the original building in 1370, and
turned it into a royal residence. In 1546, Francois I decided to
replace the original building by a Renaissance style building.
Construction continued, adding buildings, through the Napoleon
reign in the late 1800's. The Louvre became a Museum in the last
part of the 18th century (during the French Revolution). Exhibits
in the Louvre tend to follow a time line, the earliest to the
latest, and one can "walk through time" by starting in
the basement, where the earliest exhibits are located |
| Map of area around Louvre |
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| Me, standing in front of the Louvre |
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| A still Life by Paul Cezanne inside of
the Museum of Impressionism at the Louvre. I photographed a few
of the paintings. |
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| Nude by Andre Derain |
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| One of Henri Matisse's paintings |
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| One of Amedeo Modigliani's protraits |
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| A Still Life by Auguste Renoir |
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| Painting of a Chef by Chaim Soutine |
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