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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Louvre , foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. In 1546 Pierre Lescot was commissioned by Francis I to erect a new building on the site of the Louvre. During his reign, several paintings by Leonardo, including the Mona Lisa, and works of other Italian masters came into the royal collections. In 1564, Catherine de' Medici commissioned Philibert Delorme to build a residence at the Tuileries and to connect it to the Louvre by a long gallery. The Grande Galerie was completed in 1606 under Henri... Read more
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Louvre (Musée du Louvre), Paris. The national museum and art gallery of France. The first building...sophisticated classical style set the tone for the additions to the Louvre that were made by virtually every French monarch up to Napoleon III... Read more
Louvre
Louvre, Paris. The national museum and art gallery of France...style set the tone for all the future additions to the Louvre, which were made by virtually every French monarch up to...the Académie Royale (see Academy ) was held in the Louvre, and from 1737 the palace's Salon Carré became the... Read more

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Egad! Louvre Is Now Even Larger
; PARIS - So much for the six-minute Louvre! Humorist Art Buchwald's droll fable of...equal to 10 football fields), but the Louvre also has gone full-throttle commercial...underground shopping arcade. The Carrousel du Louvre mall, lighted partly through an inverted... Read more
The Louvre launches its `monster' pyramid
; PARIS Tourists entering the Louvre this winter are greeted by an English-langua...one phase of the $850 million Grand Louvre expansion project that was launched...of its scaffolding, perches in the Louvre's Cour Napoleon III like some geometrically... Read more
Louvre launching museum in Arab world
; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-07-2007 Louvre launching museum in Arab world -- Critics...Arab Emirates — France's storied Louvre museum, home to priceless art works including...Lisa, said Tuesday it will open a new Louvre in this Persian Gulf boomtown, prompting... Read more
The Louvre takes its shows on the road The Paris museum has agreed to bring its masterpieces to 3 U.S. cities starting this autumn
; ...International Herald Tribune 10-20-2007 The Louvre takes its shows on the road The Paris...as a center of international art, the Louvre Museum is also expanding its global reach...part of a three-year partnership with the Louvre that started a year ago, the High Museum... Read more
Diplomacy or scandal? U.S. art at the Louvre Entr'acte
; ...record 7.3 million visitors last year, the Louvre is bracing for a fresh wave of tourists...can hardly be all bad.But this year the Louvre is also planning to connect France and...decorative arts. As a result, part of the Louvre's collection will travel to the United... Read more
'Be one' with the Louvre Museum tries to cash in on 'Da Vinci Code'
; ...ancient fortress, the guardians of the Louvre have maintained a faintly disdainful distance...its debut at Cannes on Wednesday, the Louvre will offer its own officially sanctioned...art history whodunnit, are part of the Louvre's push to achieve egalite in its grand... Read more
Exploring the Louvre and its manifold treasures, BUSINESS TIMES
; ...considerable repute, but at one time, the Louvre was a medieval fortress. Yet learning about the Louvre online and viewing some of its priceless...it's only a click away at http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm Any site visitor who is actually... Read more
American Artists and the Louvre
; ...Foundation for American Art and the Muse du Louvre, Paris, will collaborate on a major two-part exhibition to be presented at the Louvre from June 14-September 18, 2006. "American Artists and the Louvre" comprises some 30 paintings and marks the... Read more
Moving the 'Mona Lisa'; Louvre director Henri Loyrette seeks out private funding for new projects.
; ...Henri Loyrette promised a new and improved Louvre when he took over as president and director...More than 6 million people visit the Louvre each year--the most in the world. And...Pierre Rosenberg, who retired from the Louvre in 2001. He modified Rosenberg's plans... Read more
LOUVRE TO BUILD MUSEUM BRANCH IN ABU DHABI.(News)
; ...United Arab Emirates -- France's storied Louvre museum, home to priceless art works like...Lisa, said Tuesday it will open a new Louvre in this Persian Gulf boomtown, prompting...Tahnoon Al Nahyan, opens the way for the Louvre Abu Dhabi to display thousands of works... Read more

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