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La pyramide du Louvre (The Louvre Pyramid) rises from Cour Napoléon in central courtyard of Musée du Louvre. Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand and designed by I. M. Pei., it was inaugurated on March 30, 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the museum. The Pyramide and alterations to the open spaces around the museum are part of the "Grand Louvre" project which covers all underground area beneath the Cour Napoléon and Cour du Carrousel. This main pyramid is the largest of several glass pyramids constructed around the courtyard, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
The structure reaches a height of 21.3 meters (70 feet), with three 30 meter sides rising from a 30.5 meter (100 feet) square base. According to the museum, the pyramid consists of 793 glass diamonds, assembled on an aluminum framework supported by a 93 1/2-ton structure of girders and stainless steel joists. The French Company Saint-Gobain developed an entirely new kind of glass for the pyramid, which is both lightweight and strong, transparent but with minimal reflectivity. Iron oxide ws removed to make it perfectly clear. The connecting joints were cast by Eiffel Constructions, using the lost wax casting technique, rarely employe on an industrial scale.
The design plans were met with considerable controversy as many felt that the futuristic edifice looked out of place in front of the classical architecture of the palace building. Urban legend says that the glass panes in the Pyramid number exactly xactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. This story originated in the 1980's based on original numbers sited in official brochures. It was lent further credence by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Various attempts to count the actual panes have produced discrepant results, but almost all total more than 666.
La Pyramide Inversée
architect: I. M. Pei
date: 1989
style: Modern
construction: glass and steel
Paris, 03 May 1999
"Of all the Grands Projets in Paris, none created such a stir as the Pei Pyramids in the courtyard of the famous Louvre Museum. Spectacular in concept and form, they provide a startling reminder of the audacious ability of modern architects to invigorate and re-circulate traditional architectural forms...The main Pyramid is basically a complex inter-linked steel structure sheathed in reflective glass. In fact it is an entrance doorway providing a long-overdue entrance portico to the main galleries of the Louvre. As one descends into the interior entrance foyer, the dramatic nature of the intervention becomes apparent. The main Pyramid, which certainly disturbs the balance of the old Louvre courtyard, is countered by two smaller pyramids, which provide further light and ventilation to the subterranean spaces."
— Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p407.
"Probably the pièce de résistance of Pei's extraordinary legacy to modernism, his sense of quiet good taste, consummate attention to detail, and clarity of concept is his intervention into the Cour Napoleon at the Louvre. Beneath the new, elegantly 'hard' and restrained surface of the Cour is accommodated a vast new program of 650,000 square feet of much-needed support spaces for the Louvre. Poised as perfect complement and counterpoint, and rising only a modest 71 feet above the ground, is the symbol of the project, the central entrance pyramid. Despite an almost ephemeral presence that derives from an ingeniously conceived triangular web of supports, clad in a wonderful warm ochre, lightly tinted glass especially drawn by St. Gobain to be compatible with the honey-colored stone of the Second Empire facades of the old Louvre, it was controversial from its announcement in 1985 as one of President Mitterand's most ambitious 'grand projets.' Obviously any insertion would have been anathema to those who hold sacred and untouchable the integrity of the Louvre's classical presence. Time has somewhat blunted the critics against this example of modernism at its most elegant, although it remains less than successful as a sheltered entrance against the elements and the three much smaller flanking pyramids seem aesthetically gratuitous. However, at times the almost fluid, dematerialized presence of the pyramid establishes without bombast, a compelling brave concept whose intent is to be neither aggressive nor subservient but to complement through restraint. Through simplicity the new stands with the old, each acknowledging the other."
— from Paul Heyer. American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century. p275-278
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Creator: Pei, Ieoh Ming (Chinese/US, 1917- )
Title/Subject: Louvre Project (Pyramid): main entrance to the Musée du Louvre in the Cour Napoleon
View: exterior, view from southeast
Date: 1984-1988
Classification: Architecture
Work type: buildings, exhibition buildings, museums; building divisions, entrance halls; buildings, pyramids
Location: Paris, France
Image_Filename: RMA191
original photograph by Allan T. Kohl
Rights: Creative Commons (Use with attribution)
La pyramide du Louvre (The Louvre Pyramid) rises from Cour Napoléon in central courtyard of Musée du Louvre. Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand and designed by I. M. Pei., it was inaugurated on March 30, 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the museum. The Pyramide and alterations to the open spaces around the museum are part of the "Grand Louvre" project which covers all underground area beneath the Cour Napoléon and Cour du Carrousel. This main pyramid is the largest of several glass pyramids constructed around the courtyard, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
The structure reaches a height of 21.3 meters (70 feet), with three 30 meter sides rising from a 30.5 meter (100 feet) square base. According to the museum, the pyramid consists of 793 glass diamonds, assembled on an aluminum framework supported by a 93 1/2-ton structure of girders and stainless steel joists. The French Company Saint-Gobain developed an entirely new kind of glass for the pyramid, which is both lightweight and strong, transparent but with minimal reflectivity. Iron oxide ws removed to make it perfectly clear. The connecting joints were cast by Eiffel Constructions, using the lost wax casting technique, rarely employe on an industrial scale.
The design plans were met with considerable controversy as many felt that the futuristic edifice looked out of place in front of the classical architecture of the palace building. Urban legend says that the glass panes in the Pyramid number exactly xactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. This story originated in the 1980's based on original numbers sited in official brochures. It was lent further credence by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Various attempts to count the actual panes have produced discrepant results, but almost all total more than 666.
La pyramide du Louvre (The Louvre Pyramid) rises from Cour Napoléon in central courtyard of Musée du Louvre. Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand and designed by I. M. Pei., it was inaugurated on March 30, 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the museum. The Pyramide and alterations to the open spaces around the museum are part of the "Grand Louvre" project which covers all underground area beneath the Cour Napoléon and Cour du Carrousel. This main pyramid is the largest of several glass pyramids constructed around the courtyard, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
The structure reaches a height of 21.3 meters (70 feet), with three 30 meter sides rising from a 30.5 meter (100 feet) square base. According to the museum, the pyramid consists of 793 glass diamonds, assembled on an aluminum framework supported by a 93 1/2-ton structure of girders and stainless steel joists. The French Company Saint-Gobain developed an entirely new kind of glass for the pyramid, which is both lightweight and strong, transparent but with minimal reflectivity. Iron oxide ws removed to make it perfectly clear. The connecting joints were cast by Eiffel Constructions, using the lost wax casting technique, rarely employe on an industrial scale.
The design plans were met with considerable controversy as many felt that the futuristic edifice looked out of place in front of the classical architecture of the palace building. Urban legend says that the glass panes in the Pyramid number exactly xactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. This story originated in the 1980's based on original numbers sited in official brochures. It was lent further credence by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Various attempts to count the actual panes have produced discrepant results, but almost all total more than 666.
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Louvre Pyramid in front of Palais Royal at the Cour Napoléon. It serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre).
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Pyramide du Louvre - the Louvre Pyramid (Est. 1989), architect I.M. Pei). The main entrance to the Louvre Museum in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre). Constructed entirely with glass segments and metal poles, height 21.6 metres (71 ft), sides of 34 metres (112 ft), base surface area of 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft). It consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments, 673 panes total. It has become a landmark of the city of Paris.
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La pyramide du Louvre (The Louvre Pyramid) rises from Cour Napoléon in central courtyard of Musée du Louvre. Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand and designed by I. M. Pei., it was inaugurated on March 30, 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the museum. The Pyramide and alterations to the open spaces around the museum are part of the "Grand Louvre" project which covers all underground area beneath the Cour Napoléon and Cour du Carrousel. This main pyramid is the largest of several glass pyramids constructed around the courtyard, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
The structure reaches a height of 21.3 meters (70 feet), with three 30 meter sides rising from a 30.5 meter (100 feet) square base. According to the museum, the pyramid consists of 793 glass diamonds, assembled on an aluminum framework supported by a 93 1/2-ton structure of girders and stainless steel joists. The French Company Saint-Gobain developed an entirely new kind of glass for the pyramid, which is both lightweight and strong, transparent but with minimal reflectivity. Iron oxide ws removed to make it perfectly clear. The connecting joints were cast by Eiffel Constructions, using the lost wax casting technique, rarely employe on an industrial scale.
The design plans were met with considerable controversy as many felt that the futuristic edifice looked out of place in front of the classical architecture of the palace building. Urban legend says that the glass panes in the Pyramid number exactly xactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. This story originated in the 1980's based on original numbers sited in official brochures. It was lent further credence by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Various attempts to count the actual panes have produced discrepant results, but almost all total more than 666.
La pyramide du Louvre (The Louvre Pyramid) rises from Cour Napoléon in central courtyard of Musée du Louvre. Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand and designed by I. M. Pei., it was inaugurated on March 30, 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the museum. The Pyramide and alterations to the open spaces around the museum are part of the "Grand Louvre" project which covers all underground area beneath the Cour Napoléon and Cour du Carrousel. This main pyramid is the largest of several glass pyramids constructed around the courtyard, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
The structure reaches a height of 21.3 meters (70 feet), with three 30 meter sides rising from a 30.5 meter (100 feet) square base. According to the museum, the pyramid consists of 793 glass diamonds, assembled on an aluminum framework supported by a 93 1/2-ton structure of girders and stainless steel joists. The French Company Saint-Gobain developed an entirely new kind of glass for the pyramid, which is both lightweight and strong, transparent but with minimal reflectivity. Iron oxide ws removed to make it perfectly clear. The connecting joints were cast by Eiffel Constructions, using the lost wax casting technique, rarely employe on an industrial scale.
The design plans were met with considerable controversy as many felt that the futuristic edifice looked out of place in front of the classical architecture of the palace building. Urban legend says that the glass panes in the Pyramid number exactly xactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. This story originated in the 1980's based on original numbers sited in official brochures. It was lent further credence by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Various attempts to count the actual panes have produced discrepant results, but almost all total more than 666.
La pyramide du Louvre (The Louvre Pyramid) rises from Cour Napoléon in central courtyard of Musée du Louvre. Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand and designed by I. M. Pei., it was inaugurated on March 30, 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the museum. The Pyramide and alterations to the open spaces around the museum are part of the "Grand Louvre" project which covers all underground area beneath the Cour Napoléon and Cour du Carrousel. This main pyramid is the largest of several glass pyramids constructed around the courtyard, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
The structure reaches a height of 21.3 meters (70 feet), with three 30 meter sides rising from a 30.5 meter (100 feet) square base. According to the museum, the pyramid consists of 793 glass diamonds, assembled on an aluminum framework supported by a 93 1/2-ton structure of girders and stainless steel joists. The French Company Saint-Gobain developed an entirely new kind of glass for the pyramid, which is both lightweight and strong, transparent but with minimal reflectivity. Iron oxide ws removed to make it perfectly clear. The connecting joints were cast by Eiffel Constructions, using the lost wax casting technique, rarely employe on an industrial scale.
The design plans were met with considerable controversy as many felt that the futuristic edifice looked out of place in front of the classical architecture of the palace building. Urban legend says that the glass panes in the Pyramid number exactly xactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. This story originated in the 1980's based on original numbers sited in official brochures. It was lent further credence by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Various attempts to count the actual panes have produced discrepant results, but almost all total more than 666.
Urban/Civic Sites
2001
MUSEE DU LOUVRE
Cour Napolean, Pyramide du Louvre
Looking west towards Place du Carrousel
1E - Louvre
75001
Paris, France
4"x5" Wide Field Calumet CC402
65mm Scheider Super Angulon Lens
4”x5” Kodak Plus-X Film
Re-Scanned & Re-Mastered, April 2022
The entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris. The construction of the pyramid triggered considerable controversy because many people felt that the futuristic edifice looked quite out of place in front of the Louvre Museum with its classical architecture. Certain detractors ascribed a "Pharaonic complex" to Mitterrand (the president who commissioned the pyramid). Others lauded the juxtaposition of contrasting architectural styles as a successful merger of the old and the new, the classical and the ultra-modern.
The main pyramid is actually the largest of several glass pyramids that were constructed near the museum, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
From Wikipedia:
"The musée du Louvre, or officially Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre — is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are still visible. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of antique sculpture.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 (the first anniversary of the monarchy's demise) with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The size of the collection increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed the Musée Napoléon. After the defeat of Napoléon at Waterloo, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and gifts since the Third Republic, except during the two World Wars. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
By 1874, the Louvre Palace had achieved its present form of an almost rectangular structure with the Sully Wing to the east containing the square Cour Carrée and the oldest parts of the Louvre; and two wings which wrap the Cour Napoléon, the Richelieu Wing to the north and the Denon Wing, which borders the Seine to the south. In 1983, French President François Mitterrand proposed the Grand Louvre plan to renovate the building and relocate the Finance Ministry, allowing displays throughout the building. Architect I. M. Pei was awarded the project and proposed a glass pyramid to stand over a new entrance in the main court, the Cour Napoléon. The pyramid and its underground lobby were inaugurated on 15 October 1988. The second phase of the Grand Louvre plan, La Pyramide Inversée (The Inverted Pyramid), was completed in 1993."
The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark of the city of Paris.
Visitors entering through the pyramid descend into the spacious lobby then re-ascend into the main Louvre buildings. The Louvre museum states that the finished pyramid contains 673 glass panes (603 rhombi and 70 triangles)."
La pyramide du Louvre (The Louvre Pyramid) rises from Cour Napoléon in central courtyard of Musée du Louvre. Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand and designed by I. M. Pei., it was inaugurated on March 30, 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the museum. The Pyramide and alterations to the open spaces around the museum are part of the "Grand Louvre" project which covers all underground area beneath the Cour Napoléon and Cour du Carrousel. This main pyramid is the largest of several glass pyramids constructed around the courtyard, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
The structure reaches a height of 21.3 meters (70 feet), with three 30 meter sides rising from a 30.5 meter (100 feet) square base. According to the museum, the pyramid consists of 793 glass diamonds, assembled on an aluminum framework supported by a 93 1/2-ton structure of girders and stainless steel joists. The French Company Saint-Gobain developed an entirely new kind of glass for the pyramid, which is both lightweight and strong, transparent but with minimal reflectivity. Iron oxide ws removed to make it perfectly clear. The connecting joints were cast by Eiffel Constructions, using the lost wax casting technique, rarely employe on an industrial scale.
The design plans were met with considerable controversy as many felt that the futuristic edifice looked out of place in front of the classical architecture of the palace building. Urban legend says that the glass panes in the Pyramid number exactly xactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. This story originated in the 1980's based on original numbers sited in official brochures. It was lent further credence by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Various attempts to count the actual panes have produced discrepant results, but almost all total more than 666.
Pyramide du Louvre, also known as the Louvre Pyramid (Est. 1989), architect I.M. Pei. The main entrance to the Louvre Museum in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre). Constructed entirely with glass segments and metal poles, height 21.6 metres (71 ft), sides of 34 metres (112 ft), base surface area of 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft). It consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments, 673 panes total. It has become a landmark of the city of Paris.
Photo: Pyramide du Louvre (Est 1989) - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #architecture #pyramid - #museum #art / #CourNapolon at #MuseeduLouvre #LeLouvre in #Paris, #IledeFrance - #France
Musee du Louvre (museum opened on August 10, 1793), photo May 2016 after 223 years since 1793 in history.
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Paris: Le Louvre - Cour Napoléon
The Musée du Louvre, it's the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. Approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited. In 2018, the Louvre was the world's most visited art museum.
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre castle in the late 12th to 13th century and in 1546 converted by Francis I into the main residence of the French Kings. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV used it to display the royal collection. During the French Revolutionit was decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces. The museum opened on 10 August 1793.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre.
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Published at - Flickr
Paris, 1999/05
Louvre: the inverted pyramid
"Of all the Grands Projets in Paris, none created such a stir as the Pei Pyramids in the courtyard of the famous Louvre Museum. Spectacular in concept and form, they provide a startling reminder of the audacious ability of modern architects to invigorate and re-circulate traditional architectural forms...The main Pyramid is basically a complex inter-linked steel structure sheathed in reflective glass. In fact it is an entrance doorway providing a long-overdue entrance portico to the main galleries of the Louvre. As one descends into the interior entrance foyer, the dramatic nature of the intervention becomes apparent. The main Pyramid, which certainly disturbs the balance of the old Louvre courtyard, is countered by two smaller pyramids, which provide further light and ventilation to the subterranean spaces."
— Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p407.
"Probably the pièce de résistance of Pei's extraordinary legacy to modernism, his sense of quiet good taste, consummate attention to detail, and clarity of concept is his intervention into the Cour Napoleon at the Louvre. Beneath the new, elegantly 'hard' and restrained surface of the Cour is accommodated a vast new program of 650,000 square feet of much-needed support spaces for the Louvre. Poised as perfect complement and counterpoint, and rising only a modest 71 feet above the ground, is the symbol of the project, the central entrance pyramid. Despite an almost ephemeral presence that derives from an ingeniously conceived triangular web of supports, clad in a wonderful warm ochre, lightly tinted glass especially drawn by St. Gobain to be compatible with the honey-colored stone of the Second Empire facades of the old Louvre, it was controversial from its announcement in 1985 as one of President Mitterand's most ambitious 'grand projets.' Obviously any insertion would have been anathema to those who hold sacred and untouchable the integrity of the Louvre's classical presence. Time has somewhat blunted the critics against this example of modernism at its most elegant, although it remains less than successful as a sheltered entrance against the elements and the three much smaller flanking pyramids seem aesthetically gratuitous. However, at times the almost fluid, dematerialized presence of the pyramid establishes without bombast, a compelling brave concept whose intent is to be neither aggressive nor subservient but to complement through restraint. Through simplicity the new stands with the old, each acknowledging the other."
— from Paul Heyer. American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century. p275-278
www.flickr.com/photos/claudia1967/tags/impei/
My Paris: flickr.com/photos/claudia1967/sets/72157602341745484/
While visiting Paris I used the app 'Photosynth' on the iPad to produce panoramas on the fly. It's really easy and the app does a pretty good job. The only thing I'm afraid of is I'll drop the iPad, as a tablet is not that suitable for taking pictures...
This pano is of course of the Louvre Museum with the famous glass pyramid featuring as the entrance.
The Louvre Museum is one of the world's largest museums, and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France. Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). With more than 8 million visitors each year, the Louvre is the world's most visited museum. And it became even more famous after Dan Brown published his 'Da Vinci Code'.
Here's a few more panos I did:
Pyramide du Louvre (1984-1989) just after a burst of rain
Cour Napoléon (1852-1857)
Musée du Louvre 1
75001 Paris
FRANCE
The Cour Napoléon was designed for Emperor Napoléon III by Louis Visconti (Rome, 11 February 1791 - Paris, 29 December 1853) and finished by Hector(-Martin) Lefuel (FRA, Versailles, 10 November 1810 - Paris, 31 December 1880) after the latter's sudden death. The new wings completed the original Louvre complex towards the Tuileries Gardens and the Tuileries Palace, originally built for Catherine de' Medici in the XVI-th C., destroyed by the Communards during the Paris Commune uprising in 1871.
Pyramid by architect I.M. Pei or Ieoh Ming Pei (°26 April 1917, Guangzhou, China - 16 May 2019, NYC, USA)
Pei-Cobb-Freed and partners
Pritzker Prize Winner in 1983
© picture by Mark Larmuseau
Le grand sphinx de Tanis est une sculpture en forme de sphinx égyptien, sculptée en granit dans les années -2600, sous l'Ancien Empire. C'est l'un des plus grands sphinx conservés en dehors de l'Égypte.
The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris.
The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark of the city of Paris. The construction of the pyramid triggered considerable controversy because many people felt that the futuristic edifice looked quite out of place in front of the Louvre Museum with its classical architecture.
During the design phase, there was a proposal that the design include a spire on the pyramid to simplify window washing. This proposal was eliminated because of objections from I. M. Pei. Source: en.wikipedia.org
La pyramide du Louvre (The Louvre Pyramid) rises from Cour Napoléon in central courtyard of Musée du Louvre. Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand and designed by I. M. Pei., it was inaugurated on March 30, 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the museum. The Pyramide and alterations to the open spaces around the museum are part of the "Grand Louvre" project which covers all underground area beneath the Cour Napoléon and Cour du Carrousel. This main pyramid is the largest of several glass pyramids constructed around the courtyard, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
The structure reaches a height of 21.3 meters (70 feet), with three 30 meter sides rising from a 30.5 meter (100 feet) square base. According to the museum, the pyramid consists of 793 glass diamonds, assembled on an aluminum framework supported by a 93 1/2-ton structure of girders and stainless steel joists. The French Company Saint-Gobain developed an entirely new kind of glass for the pyramid, which is both lightweight and strong, transparent but with minimal reflectivity. Iron oxide ws removed to make it perfectly clear. The connecting joints were cast by Eiffel Constructions, using the lost wax casting technique, rarely employe on an industrial scale.
The design plans were met with considerable controversy as many felt that the futuristic edifice looked out of place in front of the classical architecture of the palace building. Urban legend says that the glass panes in the Pyramid number exactly xactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. This story originated in the 1980's based on original numbers sited in official brochures. It was lent further credence by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Various attempts to count the actual panes have produced discrepant results, but almost all total more than 666.
Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois | Cour Napoléon
From March 26 to 31, 2019, as part of the 30th anniversary of the Pyramid, the Louvre Museum invites the French artist JR to design a work of art to celebrate the event.
The Louvre Pyramid in the center of the Napoleon Courtyard (Cour Napoleon) @musée du Louvre.
From Wikipedia:
"The musée du Louvre, or officially Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre — is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are still visible. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of antique sculpture.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 (the first anniversary of the monarchy's demise) with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The size of the collection increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed the Musée Napoléon. After the defeat of Napoléon at Waterloo, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and gifts since the Third Republic, except during the two World Wars. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
By 1874, the Louvre Palace had achieved its present form of an almost rectangular structure with the Sully Wing to the east containing the square Cour Carrée and the oldest parts of the Louvre; and two wings which wrap the Cour Napoléon, the Richelieu Wing to the north and the Denon Wing, which borders the Seine to the south. In 1983, French President François Mitterrand proposed the Grand Louvre plan to renovate the building and relocate the Finance Ministry, allowing displays throughout the building. Architect I. M. Pei was awarded the project and proposed a glass pyramid to stand over a new entrance in the main court, the Cour Napoléon. The pyramid and its underground lobby were inaugurated on 15 October 1988. The second phase of the Grand Louvre plan, La Pyramide Inversée (The Inverted Pyramid), was completed in 1993."
The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark of the city of Paris.
Visitors entering through the pyramid descend into the spacious lobby then re-ascend into the main Louvre buildings. The Louvre museum states that the finished pyramid contains 673 glass panes (603 rhombi and 70 triangles)."
La pyramide du Louvre (The Louvre Pyramid) rises from Cour Napoléon in central courtyard of Musée du Louvre. Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand and designed by I. M. Pei., it was inaugurated on March 30, 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the museum. The Pyramide and alterations to the open spaces around the museum are part of the "Grand Louvre" project which covers all underground area beneath the Cour Napoléon and Cour du Carrousel. This main pyramid is the largest of several glass pyramids constructed around the courtyard, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.
The structure reaches a height of 21.3 meters (70 feet), with three 30 meter sides rising from a 30.5 meter (100 feet) square base. According to the museum, the pyramid consists of 793 glass diamonds, assembled on an aluminum framework supported by a 93 1/2-ton structure of girders and stainless steel joists. The French Company Saint-Gobain developed an entirely new kind of glass for the pyramid, which is both lightweight and strong, transparent but with minimal reflectivity. Iron oxide ws removed to make it perfectly clear. The connecting joints were cast by Eiffel Constructions, using the lost wax casting technique, rarely employe on an industrial scale.
The design plans were met with considerable controversy as many felt that the futuristic edifice looked out of place in front of the classical architecture of the palace building. Urban legend says that the glass panes in the Pyramid number exactly xactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. This story originated in the 1980's based on original numbers sited in official brochures. It was lent further credence by Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Various attempts to count the actual panes have produced discrepant results, but almost all total more than 666.
This lead copy cast of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV by Gian Lorenzo Bernini sits in Cour Napoléon. The marble original is at Versailles.
This lead copy cast of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV by Gian Lorenzo Bernini sits in Cour Napoléon. The marble original is at Versailles.
Pyramide du Louvre - the Louvre Pyramid (Est. 1989), architect I.M. Pei). The main entrance to the Louvre Museum in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre). Constructed entirely with glass segments and metal poles, height 21.6 metres (71 ft), sides of 34 metres (112 ft), base surface area of 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft). It consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments, 673 panes total. It has become a landmark of the city of Paris
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Musee du Louvre (museum opened on August 10, 1793), photo May 2016 after 223 years since 1793 in history.
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The Musée du Louvre, it's the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. Approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited. In 2018, the Louvre was the world's most visited art museum.
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre castle in the late 12th to 13th century and in 1546 converted by Francis I into the main residence of the French Kings. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV used it to display the royal collection. During the French Revolutionit was decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces. The museum opened on 10 August 1793.
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Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre). The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre)., originally built as the Louvre castle in the late 12th to the 13th century under Philip II.
The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid designed by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark of the city of Paris.
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This lead copy cast of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV by Gian Lorenzo Bernini sits in Cour Napoléon. The marble original is at Versailles.
This lead copy cast of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV by Gian Lorenzo Bernini sits in Cour Napoléon. The marble original is at Versailles.
La Pyramide du Louvre est une pyramide de verre et de métal, située au milieu de la cour Napoléon du Musée du Louvre. La Pyramide du Louvre est une pyramide de verre et de métal, située au milieu de la cour Napoléon du Musée du Louvre.
The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller ones, in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark for the city of Paris.
This view from the Louvre’s Grande Galerie overlooks a line of stone statues, part of a series 80 that encircle the Cour Napoléon depicting prominent French intellectuals, artists, and statesmen. Installed primarily during the Second Empire renovations under Napoleon III (1850s–1870s), these sculptures were part of architect Hector Lefuel’s extensive expansion and ornamentation of the Louvre Palace. Each figure is shown standing within a niche or atop a pedestal, identified by name, and carved in a consistent neoclassical style.
The Louvre is the world’s most visited museum and one of its largest, housing over 35,000 works of art from prehistory to the 19th century. Originally built as a fortress under Philippe Auguste in the late 12th century, it was transformed into a royal palace and later into a public museum during the French Revolution in 1793. Its collections span eight departments, including Egyptian antiquities, Greek and Roman art, Islamic art, sculpture, decorative arts, paintings, prints, and drawings. The museum is organized across three wings—Denon, Sully, and Richelieu—surrounding the Cour Napoléon. The modern glass Pyramid entrance, designed by architect I. M. Pei and inaugurated in 1989, unifies the historic palace complex while serving as a symbol of the museum’s global identity.
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The Musée du Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre— is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of antique sculpture.[5] In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum, to display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The size of the collection increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed the Musée Napoléon. After the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and gifts since the Third Republic. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
Ce lit à baldaquin fait partie d'un ensemble comprenant également six fauteuils provenant du château d'Effiat, près d'Aigueperse dans le Puy-de-Dôme. Construit au début du XVIIe siècle par Antoine Coëffier de Ruzé (1581-1632), marquis d'Effiat, maréchal de France et père du marquis de Cinq-Mars, le château conservait tout son mobilier en 1856, date de sa vente aux enchères. Le lit, possédant sa garniture d'origine, est donc un des rares témoignages de l'ameublement d'une chambre au XVIIe siècle.
The Musée du Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre— is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of antique sculpture.[5] In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum, to display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The size of the collection increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed the Musée Napoléon. After the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and gifts since the Third Republic. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.