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Art and architecture - for iPod/iPhone

The Louvre was designed to house a great art collection for the people of France. Was there a plan from the outset to build a canon of work where the relationships between artists, their origins, thei... Read more

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Art and architecture

Art and architecture

A short introduction to this album.

9 Feb 2010

1min

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The pyramid at the Louvre

The pyramid at the Louvre

Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre.

16 May 2008

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English Philistines, French Sophisticates

English Philistines, French Sophisticates

How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection.

16 May 2008

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Subversive classicism

Subversive classicism

How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV.

16 May 2008

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Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, on the original idea that the museum must reflect art history and be open to e... Read more

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French artist, Hubert Robert's painting depicting a ruined Louvre.

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Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, discussing why the Louvre will never be finished.

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A tale of two temples

Palladio's church of the Redentore in Venice and Sinan's Sokullu Mehmet Pasha mosque in Istanbul are compared.

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Sinan's Sokullu Mehment Pasha mosque where all men would be equal before Allah.

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The front and back of Palladio's church of the Redentore in Venice could be entirely different buildings.

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