French Architecture France is a country rich in architecture. You can spend all your days day walking through the streets of Paris‚ or any other region‚ visiting the museums‚ and taking pictures next to one of the many impressive monuments. France has many old monuments and some of them they are in well good condition like the Maison Carrée and the Pont du Gard near Nîmes. The Carolingian dynasty of Charlemagne was a period of innovative buildings‚ using the Romanesque architecture‚ which gave
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The statue is preserved now in the Louvre museum in Paris (Pl. 11). Another lion statue of the same shape is preserved in the Vatican Museum in Rome‚ and is inscribed with the name of Nectanebos I (30th dynasty). This statue could probably adorn the same previous temple of Saqqara (Pl. 12)
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Thursday AP Comp. College -- the important four-year period in which a student grows in knowledge of their preferred career and steeps in new and different experiences. It is important for me to leave college with a close community‚ a better knowledge of my future job‚ and the experience of studying abroad. These three things would help me in post--school life‚ and also give me vivid memories. It is essential for me to leave college with a close community. Having grown up in a
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natural world portrayed with rage with an explosion on a street in Paris (Louvre Museum. n.d.). Delacroix depended solely on members of the royal family and donations from various institutions to help fund his art projects. Sketches were done prior to
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The theft of the “Mona Lisa” radically changed people’s awareness and views of the painting. People were very interested in this event because how it happened is unknown. The “Mona Lisa” was painted by Leonardo da Vinci and was displayed at the Louvre museum in Paris‚ France. The theft of the “Mona Lisa” likely took place in the morning‚ but the painting was gone for an entire day before anyone realized it had been stolen. When the museum opened and the wall where da Vinci’s masterpiece had hung
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3/17/2013 Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa is an extremely sought after and recognized painting. It was painted by the famous Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci between the years of 1503-1506 from what historians believe. The painting standing only 30 inches by 21 inches is a portrait of a woman‚ on poplar panels done with oil acrylic. This piece created a lot of ground breaking techniques for the period in which it was painted for the art world. It was said that there was a possibility this piece was
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all over France‚ from Paris to Mont Saint Michel‚ along the South of France‚ and even to Switzerland! I visited places I usually saw on the television screen. I even climbed 627 steps on the world famous Eiffel Tower. I truly enjoyed visiting the Louvre Museum. It is so big that people say it takes about one whole month to go through the entire museum. That visit was very educational and interesting‚ especially when I finally got to see the most famous painting in history‚ The Mona Lisa. This once
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The Musée du Louvre and its Pyramid‚ and St Paul’s Cathedral with the nearby 30 St Mary Axe were the chosen topics by both members of our group. All of these buildings are iconic building within their cities‚ and all were designed and built with vastly different contexts and purposes in mind. In this essay we will compare and contrast the different buildings in a manner that will help us understand the juxtaposition of old and new buildings. We will also investigate what made the contemporary buildings
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We went and toured the Notre Dame but unfortunately could not clime to the top due to the cold rainy weather conditions outside. When we arrived at the Louvre our tour guide informed us it was originally the Palais du Louvre which housed the royal estate until Louis XIV felt it was not good enough and built the Palace of Versailles. The Louvre museum was enormous with many different eras and types of art to view. We had a unanimous vote‚ however‚ that seeing the “Mona Lisa” was by the far the best
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it is possible to see all across the lovely city. On the Champs-Elysees you can see the Arc de Triumph which soldiers were buried beneath a war. The most popular museum in France‚ is the Louvre. The Louvre has historical paintings‚ sculptures‚ such as the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. Pei’s Pyramids at the Louvre are beautiful glass pyramids outside of the museum. Notre Dame is a dazzling cathedral known for its bell tower. Sacre Coeur is another breathtaking cathedral set atop a tall hill. From
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