ID: 700008630 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008630	Record Type: Built Work
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Louvre Palace (palace complex; various architects over the centuries; begun in 1202 Louvre Castle; a...; Paris (Île-de-France, France, Europe, World, Top of the T...;)

Note: Houses collections of the Louvre museum. Was long the seat of power, a royal residence and then home to French heads of state until 1870. On the site of a medieval fortress, in 1546, Francis I renovated the site in French Renaissance style, also founding the royal collections that included works by Leonardo, Raphael, and Titian. Louis XIV developed of the site and collections, including in 1661 much of the Mazarin Collection. Archeological excavations conducted the 1980s have helped establish the history of the site, occupied since prehistoric times. Located in: Paris, France; Medieval.

Titles:

Louvre Palace (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Louvre Palace Complex (C,U,English,U,U)

Palais du Louvre (C,U,French-P,U,U,undetermined,,N,English,,N)

Musée du Louvre (C,U,English,,N,French,,N)

Musée du Louvre (C,U,French,U,U)

Louvre (C,U,LC,undetermined,U,N,English,,N,French,,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

palace complex [300417317] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>)

museum (building) [300005768]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings)

palace [300005734]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: begun in 1202 Louvre Castle; additions 1546 Louvre Palace; modern additions 20th century

Creator Display:

various architects over the centuries [preferred,VP]

Perrault, Claude (1613-1688), French, architect ; Goujon, Jean (ac.1540; d.ca.1568), French, associated architect; Fontaine, Pierre Francois Leonard (1762-1853), French, architect; Lefuel, Hector Martin (1810-1880), French, architect; Visconti, Louis (1791-1853), French, architect; Lescot, Pierre (1510-1571), French, associated architect; Pei, I. M. (1917-), American, associated architect; Lemercier, Jacques (c.1584-1654), French, associated architect; Percier, Charles (1764-1838), French, associated architect [,BWR]

occupant Louvre Museum (French museum, Paris, open 1793) [500125189]

various artists (various cultural designations, architects, or other people) [500204623]

Goujon, Jean (French sculptor, illustrator, and architect, ca. 1510-ca. 1565) [500004245]

Fontaine, Pierre-François-Léonard (French architect, writer, and printmaker, 1762-1853) [500016389]

Lefuel, Hector Martin (French architect, 1810-1880) [500011180]

Visconti, Louis Tullius Joachim (Italian architect and sculptor, 1791-1853, active in France) [500008209]

Lescot, Pierre (French architect, born ca. 1500/1510-1578) [500000923]

Pei, I. M. (American architect, 1917-2019, born in China) [500029268]

architect Perrault, Claude (French architect, scientist, 1613-1688) [500025641]

Locations:

Current: Paris [7008038] (Geographic)

Address Note: +48.861111,+2.335833; located on the right bank of the Seine in Paris

Display Materials: various materials, primarily masonry construction

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: vast complex of wings and pavilions on four main levels

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

	French Renaissance [300404740] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance-Baroque styles, Renaissance-Baroque regional styles, French Renaissance-Baroque styles)

	Modernist [300021474] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

	Medieval (European) [300020756] ()
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Louvre Palace	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Louvre Palace Complex	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Palais du Louvre	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3775806
Musée du Louvre	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3789643
Musée du Louvre	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Louvre	........ [BWR,VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85078515
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3754870; BWR3789686

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3789686; BWR3775806; BWR3789643

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR-04 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... Cornell University Library, BWR contribution (2010-) 643

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3789686; 3775806; 3789643

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 14974; 15138; 15075

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U818281; U8589

....................... BWR-02 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-)
	..... Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1902)
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-)
	..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3789686; BWR3789643