Louvre Pour les èléves de 10 class Le professeur Litvinova Svetlana
History of the Louvre ► At the heart of the Louvre is the castle- fortress - Big Tower Lou vre- erected by King Philip Augustus in
► Starting from the XVIII century, a growing number of proposals to transform the building of the Louvre into a museum. The project is born during the reign of Louis XV and ends with the FrenchRevolution. ► Napoleon continued his first work in the Louvre at the end of the revolution, after the fire and the destruction of the Tuileries, the Louvre acquired a modern look.
► In 1989, Napoleon in the center of the courtyard was built glass pyramid (Archite ct Yo Ming Pei).
collections of the Louvre ► The exhibits of the Louvre into the following collections: -Ancient East (Древний Восток) -Ancient Egypt (Древний Египет) -Ancient Egypt (Древний Египет) -Ancient Greece, Etruria, Rome (Древние Греция, Этрурия, Рим) -Art of Islam (Искусство ислама) -sculptures -art objects -Visual arts -Graphic Arts
Ancient East ► Ebih-II, the ruler of Mari
Ancient Egypt ► Osiris, Isis and Horus; years. BC
Ancient Greece, Etruria, Rome ► Artemis
Art objects ► Bruegel A. A woman chooses flowers
Venus de Milo (Венера Милосская) ► Venus de Milo - the famous ancient Greek sculpture, created between about 130 and 100 years BC.
Mona Lisa ► Mona Lisa - Leonardo da Vinci painting, being in the Louvre(Paris, France), one of the most famous paintings in the world,which is believed to be a portrait of Lisa Gerardini, the wife of thesilk merchant Francesco del Gi ocondo of Florence, written about year.
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