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museum
Abed-Al Rahman Mousa Attoun

“The painter has the Universe in his

mind and hands”

The Louvre, the French Louvre,

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the official name of the Grand Louvre or the Grand Louvre, the National Museum and Art
Gallery of France, is located in part of a large château in Paris that was built on the Right Bank.
It is the most visited art museum in the world, with a collection spanning from ancient
civilizations
 1 HISTORY OF LOUVER

PRESENT 2 LOUVRE MUSEUM

WINGS

ATION 3 LOUVRE MUSEUM

FACT

CONTEN 4 Louvre Paintings

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5 REFRANCE
 1 HISTORY
LOUVER
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• The idea of using the Louvre as a public

museum originated in the eighteenth
century.
• In 1546, Francis I, who was a great
art collector, destroyed this ancient
castle and began building another
The Louvre Pyramid royal residence on its site, the Louvre,
CREATORS which was added by almost every
• The Louvre Pyramid is a large metal and subsequent French king. During the
Philip II Augustus reign of Francis I, only a small part of
glass pyramid surrounded by three
built the original the present Louvre was completed.
smaller pyramids in the main courtyard in
Louvre in the late
front of the museum.
11th century AD. • Under the central courtyards of the
• It was completed in 1989 and is 21.6 Louvre, a large underground complex
later enlarged of offices, shops, exhibition spaces,
metres high.315.
and renovated by storage areas and parking lots, as well
Charles V - circa as an auditorium, a tour bus stop and
1300 a cafeteria, was built. It also
contained collections of European
Many others. paintings, decorative arts, and Islamic
arts. Ancient French carvings and
Assyrian artwork.
2 LOUVRE
MUSEUM
WINGS
A B C
SULLY RICHELIEU DENON
WING WING WING
 SULLY WING

A
This is the oldest of the three main wings in the Louvre
Museum. The first floor is home to many antiquities. The
second floor is home to a collection of many French
paintings.
 RICHELIEU
WING

B
Home to many paintings; from the Middle Ages up to the
19th century. The 1st floor holds decorative arts (clocks,
furniture, china, etc.) The second floor has the works of
master painters. (Rubens and Rembrandt.)
 DENON WING

C
This is the most crowded part of the Louvre Museum, most
likely because this is the home of the Mona Lisa. She is kept
on the first floor . This is the Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo
da Vinci in 1505.
LOUVRE 3 FACT

• Made of glass and metal • Surrounded by reflective pools, each

with a fountain
• Surrounded by 3 smaller pyramids
• Most people do not like the pyramid
• Main entrance to the museum because they think it doesn't match
72 ft. tall the museum.
116 ft. wide
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Mona Lisa

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci 
Year: 1503-1505
Location: Denon Wing, Room 711

Louvre Paintings • The Mona Lisa is arguably the most well-

| Highlights known painting in the world. Known as La
Gioconda in Italian, the Mona Lisa was once
stolen by a janitor and brought home to Italy
after two years. Since that episode, the
portrait made with oil on wood became a
piece of curiosity. The subject of the
painting is believed to be the wife of
Francesco del Giocondo, an influential
Florence Politician. Mona Lisa is a painting
stirring occasional controversy on its origin
and whether it is finished or not.
Additionally, it is a national treasure in
 The Raft of Medus

Artist: Théodore Géricault
Year: 1819 
Location: Dept of Paintings, Mollien Room 700

Louvre Paintings • This 1819 painting gave little-known French

| Highlights artist Théodore Géricault National fame. A
prime example of French Romanticism in
art, The Raft of Medusa is often considered
a superior masterpiece. The 16-feet tall oil
painting depicts the French Navy frigate
Medusa. The scene of the artwork is the
1816 shipwreck off the Mauritiana coast.
The Raft of Medusa shows the emotions and
drama of occupants in the ship, an
amalgamation of fighting elements. The
scene is filled with survivors, dead bodies,
and an agonizing cry for help. The painting
 The Wedding at C

Artist: Paolo Veronese
Year: 1563 
Location: Dept. of Paintings

Louvre Paintings • The Wedding at Cana is a painting by Italian

| Highlights Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese. The
painting depicts the scene in the Bible where
Jesus turned water into red wine at a feast in
the city of Cana. Veronese took the artistic
freedom to create a different version of a
marriage feast to accomplish this 6.77-
meter-tall painting. Often hailed as a peak
Renaissance artwork, The Wedding at Cana
shows the brilliance of Veronese in using
color palettes to perfection. Veronese, a
student of the Venetian school of arts,
adopted the Venetian style in creating this
 The Coronation of
Napoleon
Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Year: 1807
Location: Dept. of Paintings, Daru Room 702

Louvre Paintings • Jacques-Louis David's masterpiece, The

Coronation of Napoleon, is a gigantic
| Highlights painting with a dimension of 20-feet x 32-
feet. The artist was hired as the official
painter of Napoleon Bonaparte. The
stunning visual depicts the coronation of
Napoleon at the Notre-Dame Church in
Paris. The most important thing about this
painting is the attention to detail. Everyone
in the painting, including Pope Pius VII,
gets immaculate detailing by the artist. The
characters in the painting are depicted in a
way they are all concentrating on Napoleon.
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