Louvre Museum Paris

Louvre Museum Paris. Presentation created by Jannathe S. Macaraya.

History of Louvre Museum Paris.

In 1190, The Louvre was constructed as a fortress but then was reconstructed in the 16th Century to serve as a royal palace. During its time as a royal residence, nearly every monarch adds new things to it such as gardens and new rooms. During the French Revolution, Louis XIV and his Wife were beheaded there in 1793..

The National Assembly opened the Louvre as a museum in August 1793 with a collection of 537 paintings. The museum closed in 1796 because of structural problems with the building. Napoleon reopened the museum and expanded the collection in 1801, and the museum was renamed Musée Napoléon..

With Napoleon’s aid, the museum then received large amount of paintings around the world which later 5,000 artworks were then returned to their country of Origins. France was allowed to keep only a few hundred works and reverted the Museum back to its original name..

Famous features of the Louvre Museum Paris. The first one is the unique architecture since tourists were able to see signs of the museum being a fortress and a palace due to design and walls of the Museum. The second one are the Louvre Paintings and artworks because not only do the Museum has art that represents their history, art and culture but also from other countries such as ancient egyptian, greeks and roman sculptures. The last defining feature is the Louvre Pyramid which serves as the entrance to the Museum and became the landmark of Paris. Also Mary Magdalene is buried underneath the Pyramid..

The Mona Lisa is a half length painting made by the renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. The painting was an architectural masterpiece of the renaissance era and has been described as the “best known” and most visited painting work of art in the world. The Mona Lisa worth today is believed to be more than 850 million dollars taking inflation into account. The painting is so popular because of how it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci through incorporating a pioneering technique. The painting was stolen 1 time and was reported to be vandalized many times..

The cheat with the Ace of Diamonds which was painted by Georges de la Tour where we see an oblivious man on the right man who is being conspired against in a gambling game by the rest of people exchanging glances and we also see the man retrieving an ace of diamonds behind his back while showing his cards to the viewers drawing them into the plot making them co-conspirators. The painting warns people of the vices of lust and excessive gambling and drinking..

The wedding of Cana is a Christian artwork that was painted by Paolo Veronese for 15 months. The wedding of Cana shows the water to wine miracle performed by Jesus. This painting also represents the characteristics the 16th Century Venetian Society which shows how luxurious banquet dishes show wealth, status and power..

My reflection about Virtual Museum Tour. I learned many artworks of my chosen Museum which is Louvre Museum Paris and why there were popular. I also learned that many people are still visiting museums and are ap preciating the many artworks there. I learned to also appreciate the artworks and the virtual tour showed a lot of things and made it interesting by showing the art, explanations and details of the museum itself. The virtual museum tour is a nice idea because in the digital age many people are using phones and rarely go out but with the virtual tour they can still see and learn artworks like you were visiting the museum itself..