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Saturday, September 12, 2009

French Empire Style

The Church of the Madelaine, above, was started as a monument. Construction was started during the Emporer Napolean's reign.
Below, the gate of the Tuileries garden next to the Louvre has many reminders of French Empire style. That is pronounced Em-peer!
Classical allusions in the statuary.
Rectilinear planning lines interrupt the trees in rows and the statuary.
Note the classical arch and the Louvre in the distance.






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