Architectural features of Louvre.

The Louvre is one of the largest palace buildings in France, located on the banks of the Seine River in Paris, the capital, on the south side of Paris Opera Square.

As early as 1546, French King Francois I decided to build a new palace on the basis of the original castle. After the continuous expansion of nine monarchs, it lasted for more than 300 years, forming a magnificent U-shaped palace complex.

The east facade of the Louvre is a masterpiece of European classical architecture.

The east facade of the Louvre is about172m long and 28m high. According to a complete column, it is divided into three parts from top to bottom: the base is at the bottom, the middle is a two-story giant column, and then the eaves and parapets are above it.

The main body is an empty colonnade formed by two columns. There are prominent parts at the center and both ends, which divide the inside into five sections. The protruding parts at both ends are decorated with pilasters, and the middle part is decorated with mountain flower chair columns, so the main shaft is very clear.

There is a moat in front of the building and a bridge in front of it.

The horizontal facade is divided into five left and right sections and three upper and lower sections, with the central section as the main part. The traditional French high-pitched roof was replaced by the Italian flat roof, and the east facade of the Louvre opened a small doorway on a high pedestal for people to enter and leave.

There are also a large number of antiques from Greece, Rome, Egypt and the East, as well as ancient cultural relics from France and Italy, with an exhibition area of 55,000 square meters. The transparent pyramid building at the entrance of the Louvre is the masterpiece of Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei.

In recent years, the interior of the Louvre has been carefully designed and decorated, and the exhibition space and exhibits have been rearranged, which has increased the exhibition area and greatly improved the exhibition effect, thus attracting more visitors? .

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According to statistics, the Louvre Palace has more than 400,000 art treasures from all over the world.

The French exhibited these art treasures in six exhibition halls according to their sources and types, namely Oriental Art Museum, Ancient Greek and Roman Art Museum, Ancient Egyptian Art Museum, Treasure Museum, Painting Museum and Sculpture Museum.

Among them, the painting museum has the largest number of exhibits and the largest area. There are 198 pavilions in the Louvre area, the largest of which is 205 meters long. It is impossible to appreciate all the rare treasures in a day or two.

Although the Louvre has a rich collection, it is difficult for tourists to see the true face of Lushan Mountain.

Because its six pavilions are basically only open on Mondays and Wednesdays, the remaining four days are open in turn, and only half of them are open on Sundays. And the exhibits only account for 1/3 of the total collection.

Today, there are 65,438+05,000 paintings in its collection, but usually only more than 2,000 are used for exhibitions, so few people are lucky enough to witness all the collections of the Louvre.

Surrounded by 400,000 pieces of art treasures, no matter who they are, they will think about the deposition of art itself or the historical feelings hidden in it-this is also the charm of the Louvre.

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