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Mr. Morellet's redesign of seven antique bay windows and oculi around the Lefuel staircase in the Museé du Louvre's Richelieu wing, in particular, made subtle use of his geometrical skills to create a destabilizing elegance.

Morellet Occupies a New Space Tobias Grey 2011

Jacobs's Louis Vuitton spring 2012 show was universally held to be the event of the season—giant carousel, Kate Moss, the Louvre's Cour Carrée, tiaras, candy-pink colors, legions of false eyelashes, etc.

What to Buy Right Now Tina Gaudoin 2012

Before the Louvre's glass pyramid, Parisians assailed the exposed colored pipes at the Centre Pompidou, the modern-art museum.

In Paris, Islamic Art Under a Flying Carpet Inti Landauro 2012

That irreverent spirit surfaces elsewhere in the movie: Mr. Marlow says the Louvre's "Virgin of the Rocks" looks "slightly grimy" compared with a restored counterpart from the National Gallery the paintings appear together in an exhibit for the first time.

Leonardo Goes to the Movies Ellen Gamerman 2012

Here the French government moved most of its prize holdings of French art created after Romanticism (where the Louvre's collection stops) and before Modernism (where the Centre Pompidou takes over).

The Best and the Rest David Littlejohn 2010

Would anyone make the same claim for the Louvre's "Portrait of a Woman (The Belle Ferronnière)" (circa 1493-4)?

An Exhibition of a Lifetime Paul Levy 2011

Mr. Lauren, 71, and his wife, Ricky, are in Paris for the opening of "L'Art de l'Automobile: Chefs-d'Oeuvre de la Collection Ralph Lauren" at the Louvre's celestial Musée des Arts Décoratif, where 17 of the designer's classic cars will reside through August.

A Man Driven to Distraction Dan Neil 2011

The principal guardian of France's bound illuminated manuscripts is the Bibliothèque Nationale; the Louvre's collection is composed mostly of pages or fragments from books that have been dismembered over the years in "a practice as ancient as it is regrettable," notes Louvre President-Director Henri Loyrette, that occurred "...when the liturgical, literary or scientific function of the works seemed secondary to the artistic value of their illustration."

Past the Crowds, the Louvre's Little Gem of a Show Judy Fayard 2011

Paris of course honors him with multiple statues as well as countless portraits in paint from high up in the Louvre's elaborate façade... to the garden shrubbery of the Institut de France... to down in the Pantheon's cool crypt where he's buried.

David Tereshchuk: French Claim for Origins of Investigative Journalism David Tereshchuk 2011

For me, though, the most moving and beautiful piece in the show is the Louvre's "Three Studies of the Bust of a Black Boy," in which, with his usual great economy of means—three colors of chalk, white highlights and grey wash—Watteau has captured the charm, innocence and sadness of this beautiful person.

Museum Masterpieces Enjoy Their Renaissance Paul Levy 2011