Louvre

Creator(s)

architect: Francis I's project by Pierre Lescot (French, 1510-1571), architect: Baptiste Androuet Du Cerceau (French, ca. 1544-1590), architect: Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau (French, 1550-1614), architect: Louis Métezeau (French, 1559-1615), architect: Louis Le Vau (French, 1612-1670), architect: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619-1690), architect: East Facade by Claude Perrault (French, 1613-1688), architect: Jacques Germain Soufflot (French, 1713-1780), architect: Charles Percier (French, 1764-1838), architect: Pierre François Fontaine (French, 1762-1853), architect: Pyramid by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (American, 1966-1989)

Time period

creation date: fortress built by Phillip II , 1190, creation date: first phase under P. Lescot, 1546-1578, alteration date: second phase addition of the Grande Galerie, 1595-1610, alteration date: west wing doubled in size, after 1639, alteration date: addition of Cour Carrée, 1661-1663, creation date: East Facade, 1667-1670, other date: building becomes museum , 1793, alteration date: completion of the Cour Carrée, 1801-1810, alteration date: addition of Galerie Napoléon, 1806-1812, creation date: Louvre completed, 1852, creation date: Pei's Pyramid, 1985-1989

Location

Site: Paris (France)

Cultural context

French

Description

aerial view, overlooking the main entrance to the Louvre Museum, looking northwest, 5/28/2010

Work type

Museum, Palace

Medium

glass (material)

masonry

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