TEC4701068: The Louvre Museum (Grand Louvre), Rue de Rivoli and Quai des Tuileries, Paris 75001. Architecture of Ieoh Ming Pei in association with Michel Macary and Jean-Michel Wilmotte, between 1983-2001. In 1981, Francois Mitterrand commissioned Ieoh Ming Pei to arrange the Grand Louvre. In particular, it was a matter of altering the spaces that Napoleon III had built for the ministries and which had been occupied by the Ministry of Finance at that time. Here, view of the Richelieu Pavilion, courtyard Napoleon, taken from the inside of the pyramid. Detail on the steel mesh of the pyramid with 603 diamonds and 70 triangles of glass and aluminum., Pei, Ieoh Ming (1917-2019) & Macary, Michel (b.1936) & Wilmotte, Jean-Michel (b.1948) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4701359: The Marly court at the Louvre in Paris Grand Louvre, Rue de Rivoli and quai des Tuileries, Paris 75001. Architecture of Leoh Ming Pei in association with Michel Macary and Jean-Michel Wilmotte, 1983-2001. In 1981, Francois Mitterrand commissioned Ieoh Ming Pei to arrange the Grand Louvre. In particular, it was a matter of altering the spaces that Napoleon III had built for the ministries and which had been occupied by the Ministry of Finance at that time. This is the Marly yard of the Richelieu Wing. It houses the monumental French sculpture that adorned the park of the castle of Marly, with in the foreground the sculpture Horses escapappes held by a mansion by Guillaume 1er Coustou ©Collection Artedia/Pei Ieoh Ming Rice Peter/Artedia/Leemage, Pei, Ieoh Ming (1917-2019) & Macary, Michel (b.1936) & Wilmotte, Jean-Michel (b.1948) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4701484: The Marly court at the Louvre in Paris Grand Louvre, Rue de Rivoli and quai des Tuileries, Paris 75001. Architecture of Leoh Ming Pei in association with Michel Macary and Jean-Michel Wilmotte, 1983-2001. In 1981, Francois Mitterrand commissioned Ieoh Ming Pei to arrange the Grand Louvre. In particular, it was a matter of altering the spaces that Napoleon III had built for the ministries and which had been occupied by the Ministry of Finance at that time. Saw on the Marly Court of Richelieu Wing. This courtyard houses the monumental French sculpture that adorned the park of the chateau of Marly, with in particular the equestrian groups of Antoine de Coysevox, Mercury riding Pegase””””” and Guillaume 1er Coustou, “” Horses escapappes held by a palefrenier”””, Pei, Ieoh Ming (1917-2019) & Macary, Michel (b.1936) & Wilmotte, Jean-Michel (b.1948) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4701128: The Louvre Museum (Grand Louvre), Rue de Rivoli and Quai des Tuileries, Paris 75001. Architecture of Leoh Ming Pei in association with Michel Macary and Jean-Michel Wilmotte, between 1983-2001. In 1981, Francois Mitterrand commissioned Ieoh Ming Pei to arrange the Grand Louvre. In particular, it was a matter of altering the spaces that Napoleon III had built for the ministries and which had been occupied by the Ministry of Finance at that time. View of the reception areas of the Napoleon hall in the Louvre Pyramid with signage designed by Kenneth Carbone., Pei, Ieoh Ming (1917-2019) & Macary, Michel (b.1936) & Wilmotte, Jean-Michel (b.1948) / Bridgeman Images