The Louvre Museum

Louvre (French pronunciation: myze), or the official Grand Louvre - in English, Louvre Museum, or the Grand Louvre, or simply the Louvre - is one of the largest museums in the world's most visited museums in the world and a historic monument. This is a major landmark in Paris, France, and is located on the right bank of Seine, in the first Arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from Prehistory to the 19th century, is exposed over an area 60,600 square meters (652,300 square feet).

The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the 12th century by Philip II. The fortress is still visible. The building was extended several times to create the current Palais du Louvre. In 1672, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles in his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to exhibit the royal collection, including the 1692, a collection of ancient sculptures. In 1692 the building occupied by the Inscriptions and Letters and the Royal Painting and Sculpture in 1699 was the first series of exhibitions of the Academy Academy. Academy Louvre remained for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum, displaying masterpieces of the nation.

The museum opened in August 10, 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, most of the unfinished church and confiscated the goods of King. Due to structural problems in the construction, the museum was closed in 1796 to 1,801th Collection volume increased by Napoleon when the museum was renamed the Musée Napoléon. After his defeat at Waterloo, many works seized by Napoleon's army had returned to their original owners. This collection had continued to grow by Louis XVIII and Charles X, there, and in accordance with the Second French Empire, the museum acquired 20,000 pieces. Farms has grown steadily through donations and gifts since the Third Republic, except during the two world wars. 2008 collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities, Oriental Antiquities, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art Islamic sculpture, decorative arts, paintings, drawings and prints.

French Revolution

During the French Revolution, the Louvre was converted into a public museum. In May 1791 the Assembly declared that the Louvre will be "a place to collect the monuments of all the sciences and the arts." On August 10, 1792, Louis XVI was imprisoned and Louvre became the royal collection of good government. for fear of vandalism or theft, Aug. 19, the National Assembly adopted the museum as an emergency preparedness. In October, the Committee to "preserve the national memory" began assembling the collection display.

Discovery
Antonio Canova Psyche Revived Kiss was commissioned in 1787 and the first version was given to the Louvre after the reign of Napoleon I, 1824th

The museum opened in August 10, 1793, the first anniversary of the disappearance of the monarchy. The public was freely available three days per week, which was "perceived as a great achievement and it is generally appreciated." Collection by 537 paintings and 184 works of art. Three quarters were from the royal collections, the emigrants, and recreational goods confiscated Church (State Property). Develop and organize the collection, the Republic spends £ 100,000 a year. In 1794, the revolutionary army in France began to bring the pieces from all over Europe, like Laocoon and his son, and the Apollo Belvedere, in order to determine the Louvre museum and the "sign in the people's sovereignty."

The first few days were hectic, the artists lived in residence, and pictures hanging by reference "image from floor to ceiling. The building itself closed in May 1796 because of structural weaknesses. It again July 14, 1801, in chronological order, and with new lighting and columns.