Bringing light into the mosque
The interior of Sinan's Sokollu Mehment Pasha mosque is filled with light thanks to its simple structure.
View ArticleVery different innovators
The front and back of Palladio's church of the Redentore in Venice could be entirely different buildings.
View ArticlePublic or private
Sinan's Sokullu Mehment Pasha mosque where all men would be equal before Allah.
View ArticleA tale of two temples
Palladio's church of the Redentore in Venice and Sinan's Sokullu Mehmet Pasha mosque in Istanbul are compared.
View ArticleUnfinished business
Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, discussing why the Louvre will never be finished.
View ArticleOpen museum
Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, on the original idea that the museum must reflect art history and be open to everyone.
View ArticleSubversive classicism
How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV.
View ArticleEnglish Philistines, French Sophisticates
How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection.
View ArticleThe pyramid at the Louvre
Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre.
View ArticleArt and architecture
The Louvre was designed to house a great art collection for the people of France. Was there a plan from the outset to build a canon of work where the relationships between artists, their origins, their...
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