Looking at & Responding to .... Construction ...Looking at Buildings....The Louvre Museum, Paris
We have a collection of postcards which were sent to us by an Irish tourist visiting France. Our visitor sent the postcards when he was on holidays. He says what he saw was fantastic! Can you look at the postcards and discover where he was? Click on the postcards below and help us to find out what kind of a building he visited.
This is the older part of the Louvre Museum in Paris. What does this building say to you? Do you like it? What does a building like this tell you about the people who built it? Can you name the very famous painting found in the Louvre?
The photograp opposite is the new entrance to the Louvre. It is very modern when compared with the older building. Do you like it?
Click on the photographs to see a bigger view or on the photographs below to see more of the building.
What is this building made from? Does the contrast with the older building work well? Click on the photograph above to see the entrance in more detail or on the photographs below to see more of the building.
Click on the photo to see the ceiling in more detail.
Click on the photo to see the old and new in more detail.
Click on the photo to see the old and new in more detail.
