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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Paris (France)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation 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, 1985-1989en_US
dc.creatorLe Brun, Charlesen_US
dc.creatorPercier, Charlesen_US
dc.creatorLe Vau, Louisen_US
dc.creatorPerrault, Claudeen_US
dc.creatorSoufflot, Jacques Germainen_US
dc.creatorLescot, Pierreen_US
dc.creatorPei Cobb Freed & Partnersen_US
dc.creatorDu Cerceau, Jacques Androueten_US
dc.creatorFontaine, Pierre François Léonarden_US
dc.creatorDu Cerceau, Baptiste Androueten_US
dc.creatorMétezeau, Louisen_US
dc.date1190en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-25T15:53:18Z
dc.date.available2014-09-25T15:53:18Z
dc.date.issued1190en_US
dc.identifier249724en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/164135
dc.descriptionaerial view, main entrance to the Louvre Museum with part of the Tuileries Gardens behind the Triomphe du Carrousel, whicth was built between 1806 and 1808 to commemorate Napoleon's military victories of the previous year, 5/28/2010en_US
dc.format.mediumglass (material)en_US
dc.format.mediummasonryen_US
dc.relation.ispartof125990en_US
dc.rights© Alex S. MacLean / Landslidesen_US
dc.subjectLouis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715en_US
dc.subjectNapoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821en_US
dc.subjectNapoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873en_US
dc.subjectFrancis I, King of France, 1494-1547en_US
dc.subjectHenry IV, King of France, 1553-1610en_US
dc.subjectArt museumsen_US
dc.subjectRoyal palacesen_US
dc.subjectFrance --History --Louis XIV, 1643-1715en_US
dc.subjectFrance --History --Francis I, 1515-1547en_US
dc.subjectFrance -- History -- Henry IV, 1589-1610en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Renaissanceen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Baroqueen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Frenchen_US
dc.subjectPhilip II, King of France, 1165-1223en_US
dc.subjectTriumphal archesen_US
dc.subjectAerial viewsen_US
dc.subjectFormal gardensen_US
dc.subjectAerial photography -- Franceen_US
dc.titleLouvreen_US
dc.title.alternativePalais du Louvreen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode100528-0621en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypeMuseum, Palaceen_US
dc.contributor.displayarchitect: 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)en_US


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