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Le musée du Louvre, inauguré en 1793 sous l'appellation Muséum central des arts de la République dans le palais du Louvre, ancienne résidence royale située au centre de Paris, est aujourd'hui le plus grand musée d'art et d'antiquités au monde. Sa surface d'exposition est de 72 735 m.
Fin 2016, ses collections comprenaient 554 731 œuvres, dont 35 000 exposées et 264 486 œuvres graphiques. Celles-ci présentent l'art occidental du Moyen Âge à 1848, celui des civilisations antiques qui l'ont précédé et influencé (orientales, égyptienne, grecque, étrusque et romaine), les arts des premiers chrétiens et de l'Islam.
Situé dans le 1er arrondissement de Paris, sur la rive droite entre la Seine et la rue de Rivoli, le musée se signale par la pyramide de verre de son hall d'accueil, érigée en 1989 dans la cour Napoléon et qui en est devenue emblématique, tandis que la statue équestre de Louis XIV constitue le point de départ de l'axe historique parisien.
En 2017, avec environ 8,1 millions de visiteurs annuels, le Louvre est le musée le plus visité au monde. Il est le site culturel payant le plus visité de France. Parmi ses pièces les plus célèbres figurent La Joconde, la Vénus de Milo, Le Scribe accroupi, La Victoire de Samothrace et le Code de Hammurabi.
Le Louvre possède une longue histoire de conservation artistique et historique, depuis l'Ancien Régime jusqu'à nos jours. À la suite du départ de Louis XIV pour le château de Versailles à la fin du xviie siècle, on y entrepose une partie des collections royales de tableaux et de sculptures antiques. Après avoir durant un siècle hébergé plusieurs académies dont celle de peinture et de sculpture, ainsi que divers artistes logés par le roi, l'ancien palais royal est véritablement transformé sous la Révolution en « Muséum central des arts de la République ». Il ouvre en 1793 en exposant environ 660 œuvres, essentiellement issues des collections royales ou confisquées chez des nobles émigrés ou dans des églises. Par la suite les collections ne cesseront de s'enrichir par des prises de guerre, acquisitions, mécénats, legs, donations, et découvertes archéologiques.
Le musée compte pour sa gestion 2 091 employés (fonctionnaires, contractuels et vacataires), dont 1 232 agents de surveillance, un garde pour chacune des 403 salles d’exposition, que complètent les effectifs affectés aux 900 caméras du système de télésurveillance
A straight-on view of the found sculpture pyramid I saw at the Icehouse in downtown Phoenix this week. The wall of the old brick building is painted with this mural that glows early morning and late afternoons. This structure is "temporary", an installation by a visiting artist from Japan. It is about 2 stories tall. The image was gotten by poking my camera zoom lens through a cyclone fence. It is mostly obscured from the street and one would have to have come upon the peek at it from the side street. I must have taken 30 photos near the fence, a crumbling brick wall, and graffiti on rusted metal fence panels before a small opening in the barricades revealed this wonder. It was such a surprise to see!
Pyramid Lake is a kidney-shaped lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. It lies at the foot of Pyramid Mountain, a natural landmark that overlooks the town of Jasper.
Designer: Jun Maekawa
Diagram: Genuine Origami book by Jun Maekawa
Unit: 1 square (almost 12")
Paper: Kraft paper
This is my fourth attempt at this model. I had been trying to get a fourth "level" but it just was not possible for me. The paper got out of alignment once I tried to progress beyond the above version. I even tried with very very thin paper (Nicolas Terry's crumpling kraft) and I still made a mess out of the fourth "level".
Jun recommends 6" paper...I can't imagine it!
This is from my trip to Egypt. They truly are something to behold, you have to see them in person to really appreciate how much work went into them, and the mysteries behind their creation! It's incredible.
Pyramiden (och Knivkammen) ses i Unna Räitavagges mynning. Vistasjokken i förgrunden.
Mouth of Unna Räitavagge seen from Vistas valley. The peak in center is named Pyramiden (The Pyramid).
From yesterdays Brightling Follies meet, this is the tomb of 'Mad' Jack fuller - a somewhat incongruous sight to run across in an English village churchyard!
It was said that he was buried inside the tomb sitting at a table, complete with bottle of wine at hand and wearing a top hat. Broken glass was strewn across the floor to stop the Devil's footsteps!
Sadly both stories were proven to be untrue when it was necessary to enter the tomb to carry out restoration work many years later. Jack died in 1834.
Bent Pyramid of Snefru in Dashur.
It is unique in having two internal structures, with entrances on the north and west sides. From the north side a long, sloping passage leads to a narrow antechamber with an impressive corbelled roof. The burial chamber, also corbelled, is above this antechamber.
The second passage runs from the west side of the pyramid, through portcullis blocking systems, to another burial chamber, again with corbelled roof. This is at a higher level than the first. Structural instability is evident as the chamber was completely shored up with balks and scaffolding of great cedar beams.
Some time after both chambers were constructed, a connecting passage was made between them.
(text from The Complete Pyramids by Mark Lehner)
4th dynasty, Dashur
Today there was little wind, so I could get close: pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis).
Heute war kaum wind, sodass ich nah heran konnte: die Pyramidenhundswurz (Anacamptis pyramidalis).
A pyramidal orchid surrounded by bird's-foot trefoil on Giant Hill in Cerne Abbas. Thousands of these beautiful flowers painted a cutting on the nearby A37 bright purple.
A wide panoramic view of the Pyramids, the Sphinx, and seating for the nightly sound & light show at Giza. I was actually standing on the curb on the right.
Cairo; March 2005
Nikon 4500 (Panorama stitched)
The south wall of the burial chamber of Unas, depicting the palace facade or false door motif. This area is one of the few places inside the pyramid that is not inscribed with the Pyramid Texts.
This "false door motif" that surrounds the sarcophagus could be viewed as providing a means of access on the north, west, and south sides of the sarcophagus chamber. These three alternative exits compliment the passageway at the east end of the sarcophagus chamber and provide access from all four cardinal directions.
The lid of the sarcophagus can be seen in the lower right corner of the photo.
Read more about the Pyramid Texts in the Pyramid Texts Online Library.
The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris.