La Centre Pompidou

 

La Centre Pompidou

 

 

 

 

 

 

             La Centre Pompidou was constructed in the 1970s by architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers.  This building is complex and radical for today’s time that is located in the Beaubourg area near Les Haller.  Le Centre Pompidou was 149’ (46m) tall. This Center was designed in a high-tech architecture style. This style included having escalators, water pipes and air conditions outside of the buildings to have more space inside to display the work of arts.  As a fact, color coding was issues as one of the features of the buildings.   They used red for escalators; green for water pipes; blue for air condition pipes; yellow for electricity pipes; gray for corridors; and white for the walls.    La Centre Pompidou includes the Bibliothèque Publique Information (Public Library) the Musée National d’Art Moderne (museum for modern art in Europe) and the IRCAM (Center for Music).   The President of France from 1969 to 1974 named Georges Pompidou commissioned this building to create an institution dedicated to modern arts.

L'Arc de Triomphe

L’Arc de Triomphe

 

 

L’Arc de Triomphe was built on August 15, 1806 restarted in 1825 and finished in 1836.   The construction of L’Arc de Triomphe in Paris was ordered by Napoleon, the French Emperor.  Napoleon wanted to respect the Grande Armée, the name of the French army. L’Arc de Triomphe cost about $9.3 million and it is one of the famous monuments in Paris. Several people helped build L’Arc de Triomphe such as Jean Chagrin, Guillaume- Abel Blouet, Jean-Nicoas Huyot, Jean- Arnaud Raymond and Louis- Robert Goust. L’Arc de Triomphe was built because Napoleon commissioned Chagrin to build an arch to the glory of the French Army.    L’Arc de Triomphe was a huge arch it was 164 feet high, 148 feet long, and 72 feet wide.   When Napoleon surrendered in 1814 all work of L’Arc de Triomphe stopped for about 10 years.    Originally Napoleon commissioned this structure to honor his victory.   At the end this monument was completed to honor the Revolutionary and Imperial armies, leaders and victories of the French government.

On my first trip to Paris

On my first trip to Paris

 

 

All this monuments displays the wealth and history of France. On my first trip to Paris I would want to visit all of them. But definitely I would go first to visit the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower represents the 100^th year of the French Revolution that changed and history of France completed. It is a symbol of perseverance. It is a huge building that al the beautiful French monuments can be seen from the distance.  The Eiffel Tower was once the tallest structure in Paris until the modern Tour Montparnasse built. The Eiffel Tower is a unique building that many people enjoy going. I have seen many picture and read many websites about the Eiffel Tower and to me is the most spectacular tower ever. The Eiffel Tower is also in an iconic landmark which is famous all around the world. This monument is surrounded by many outstanding views which I would like to visit one day.

Le Musée d’ Orsay

Le Musée d’ Orsay

            Le Musée d’ Orsay is located in the center of Paris but opposite of Tuileries Garden.  The building today housing Le Musée d’ Orsay was an old train station built in the 1900s. The building was originally designed by Lucien Magne, Emile Bernard, and Victor Laloux. The original design included the integration of metal vaults as part of the stone exterior.  The length with the awning was 188 meters and without the awning was 173 meters. This old station was closed in 1939 because it was short for the trains of that era. Later, this building was used as a center for sending packages to prisoners during the Second World War. It was also used as a film set for the Kafka's The Trial film that was adapted by Orson Welles In 1977 this building was  It was redesigned by Bardon, Coboc and Philippon in 1977 to convert it into a museum.  Le Musée d’ Orsay was officially opened in December 1986 and included about 2,300 paintings 1,500 sculptures and 1,0,00 others. . Most of these art works came from other museums such as Le Musée du Luxembourg the collection has increased. This museum exhibits the work of arts from the period from 1948 to 1914. It displayed the works of famous French painters.  Vincent van Gogh made the painting “Starry Night Over the Rhone” which is still now in the museum today. Starry Night Over the Rhone painted this with oil paint on September 1888.