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Name City Country Designed Completed Other Information Image Plateau Beaubourg: Paris: France: 1971: Baillais Printing House: Paris: France: 1971: 1972: Delbigot Residence
The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac (French pronunciation: [myze dy ke bʁɑ̃li ʒak ʃiʁak]; English: Jacques Chirac Museum of Branly Quay), located in Paris, France, is a museum designed by French architect Jean Nouvel to feature the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. The museum collection ...
Jean Nouvel (French: [ʒɑ̃ nuvɛl]; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture , France’s first labor union for architects.
The Bar (painting) Bashi-Bazouk (Jean-Léon Gérôme) Berlin Street Scene; Between Rounds; The Bezique Game; Blessed Jacopone da Todi (painting) The Bookworm (Spitzweg) The Breakdown; Breaking Home Ties; The Brierwood Pipe; Britomart Delivering Amoretta from the Enchantment of Busirane; Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret; The Bullfight
The following is a very incomplete list of notable works in the collections of the Musée du Louvre in Paris. For a list of works based on 5,500 paintings catalogued in the Joconde database, see the Catalog of paintings in the Louvre Museum .
The artist-designer Jules Chéret (1835–1932) was a notable early creator of French Art Nouveau posters. He helped turn the advertising poster into an art form. The son a family of artisans, he apprenticed with a lithographer and also studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs.
The museum is part of a US$27 billion tourist and cultural development for Saadiyat Island, planned to house a cluster of world-class cultural assets. [7]In addition to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, these are to include: the Zayed National Museum, on a design by Foster and Partners; the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi contemporary arts museum by Frank Gehry, expected to be the world's largest Guggenheim; [8] a ...
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Jean Nouvel (1994), 14th arrondissement of Paris; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Dominique Perrault (1995), 13th arrondissement of Paris; Musée du quai Branly, Jean Nouvel (2006), 7th arrondissement of Paris; Cité de la mode et du design, Jakob + Macfarlane (2008), 13th arrondissement of Paris