Three major art museums in Paris

The three major art museums in Paris are Orsay Museum, Louvre and Pompidou Center.

Pompidou center 1

The full name of Georges Pompidou Art Center is Giorgio-Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture, also known as Beaufort, which is a modern art museum located in Beaufort.

1969, the late president pompidou decided to build the pompidou center. The designers are renzo piano, an Italian, and richard rodgers, an Englishman. They are the winners of the 68 1 scheme in 49 countries. 1972 started, 1977 was completed, and it opened in February of the same year. The whole building covers an area of 7,500 square meters, with a building area of 654.38+10,000 square meters and 6 floors above ground. The whole building is divided into four parts: Industrial Design Center, Public Information Library, Museum of Modern Art and Music and Vocal Music Research Center.

It is a new modern treasure house integrating knowledge, art and life. People here can absorb knowledge, appreciate art and enrich their lives through modern technology and means.

2. Orsay Museum

The Orsay Museum is a national museum, located on the left bank of the Seine River, facing the Louvre and Dolores Garden across the river. Spray drying is located in the railway station, designed and built by architect victor laloux for Expo 1900. The museum mainly displays western art works created between 1848 and 19 14 years.

Wonderful collections, including paintings, sculptures, decorations, photographic works and architectural design drawings, show incredible artistic creativity in an era when masters of realism, impressionism, symbolism, separatism and photo photography come forth in large numbers.

Du Miai, Millay, Courbet, Cabo, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, Rodin, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Calais, Germad, Lalik, Redong, Moro, Vial, bonnard, Bourdelaire, Mayol, etc./The works of the most famous artists from the second half of the 0/9th century to the beginning of the 20th century are all collected.

3. The Louvre

The Louvre (French: Du E Louvre Museum) is located in the north bank of the Seine River in the center of Paris, France, ranking first among the four historical museums in the world.

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

Now it is the Louvre Museum. After more than 800 years of expansion and reconstruction, it has reached today's scale, covering an area of about 198 hectares. It is divided into old and new parts. The pyramid-shaped glass entrance in front of the palace covers an area of 24 hectares and was designed by China architect I.M. Pei. On August 1793 and 10, the Louvre Art Museum officially opened to the public and became a museum.

The Louvre has Venus Statue, Mona Lisa Oil Painting and Victory Goddess Stone Carving, which are called the three treasures of the world. It has more than 400,000 art collections, including sculptures, paintings, arts and crafts, ancient orient, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome. From the artworks of ancient Egypt, Greece, Etruscan and Rome to the artworks of eastern countries, there are sculptures from the Middle Ages to the modern times, as well as an amazing number of royal treasures and exquisite paintings.

The Louvre has become a world-famous art palace, one of the largest art treasures, as well as the Wanbao Palace.