Louvre Background:

The Louvre, located on the banks of the Seine in the heart of Paris, France, is the first of the four major museums in the world. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Founded in 1204, the Louvre was originally the royal palace of France, where 50 French kings and queens lived, and is one of the most precious buildings of the French Renaissance, famous for its rich collection of classical paintings and sculptures.

Now the Louvre Museum, after more than 800 years of expansion and reconstruction to reach today's scale, covers an area of about 198 hectares, divided into two parts, the pyramid-shaped glass entrance in front of the palace, covers an area of 24 hectares, designed by the Chinese architect I.M. Pei. On August 10, 1793, the Louvre Museum of Art was officially opened to the public as a museum.

The Louvre has a collection of more than 400,000 pieces of art, including sculptures, paintings, arts and crafts, and six categories, including the Orient, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. From ancient Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman artworks to works of art from the East, there are sculptures from the Middle Ages to modern times, as well as an astonishing number of royal curiosities and paintings.

The Louvre has become a world-famous temple of art, one of the largest art treasures, and a palace of all treasures that has attracted worldwide attention!

Westerner Chang Yun: "Rome was not built in a day. The same is true of the Louvre, which has been intricately intertwined with the history of Paris and even France, and has become a symbol of pride and symbol.

Louvre Glass Pyramid:

In the early eighties, French President François Mitterrand decided to renovate and expand the Louvre, a world-famous art treasure.

To this end, the French government has solicited design proposals extensively. The applicants were all well-known architects from France and other countries.

Finally, President Francois Mitterrand invited 15 of the world's most prestigious museum directors to select and choose the design proposals for the competition. As a result, thirteen curators chose I.M. Pei's design.

He designed the construction of a glass pyramid in the Napoleonic courtyard of the Louvre using modern building materials.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this matter was announced, it caused an uproar in France.

It is believed that this would destroy the 800-year-old architectural style, "destroying both the Louvre and the Pyramids".

But President François Mitterrand overturned the crowd and adopted I.M. Pei's design.

When Prime Minister François Mitterrand invited I.M. Pei to Paris as a state guest to design a new expansion of the Louvre, a classic of classicism from 300 years ago, the French expressed unprecedented opposition to I.M. Pei's idea of building a glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre.

In Pei's recollection, two of the 13 years he spent expanding the Louvre were spent arguing.

When he submitted the pyramid proposal to the Supreme Council of Historical Monuments as a "diamond" on 23 January 1984, he received the answer that the huge broken thing was just a fake diamond.

At that time, 90% of Parisians were against the construction of glass pyramids!

The glass pyramid is known as the greatest miracle of contemporary architectural art and the first of the ten wonders of contemporary architecture!

Master I.M. Pei introduced:

I.M. Pei, born on April 26, 1917 in Guangzhou, China, is a Chinese-American architect after the Suzhou family.

Pei studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

Pei was also awarded the 1979 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, the 1981 French Architectural Gold Medal, the 1989 RB Emperor Prize, the 5th Pritzker Prize in 1983, and the 1986 Freedom Medal from President Ronald Reagan.

I.M. Pei's works are mainly public buildings, cultural and educational buildings, and are classified as modernist buildings, making good use of steel, concrete, glass and stone.

His representative buildings include the East Wing of the National Gallery of the HSD Special Economic Zone in the United States, the expansion project of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Suzhou Museum in China, the Xiangshan Hotel in Beijing, the Bank of China Building...

Known as the "last master of modern architecture"!

President Francois Mitterrand introduced:

Full name: François Mitterrand

In 1981, he defeated incumbent French President Giscard d'Estaing with cancer and became France's first Socialist president.

Leader of Syriza coalition.

After the whole Parisian people opposed the work of Pei Lao, it was President Mitterrand who overcame the public!

He once said: The glass pyramid is the proudest work during his tenure!

After Mitterrand's death, the Louvre Glass Pyramid in Paris was praised by critics as the most splendid building of Francois Mitterrand's time

ps: The author's description of the plot of the Louvre is based on real events, please forgive me if there is any discrepancy!

Although there is still a chapter tonight, the author's father came to visit Hangzhou, and it will be sent later.