Claude Perrault, East façade of the Louvre – Smarthistory

Plate 7. The Louvre in Paris: elevation of the principal facade facing Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois from Jacques-François Blondel, Architecture françoise, Tome 4, Livre 6, 1756

Claude Perrault, East façade of the Louvre

Perrault’s unified design updated the columns of ancient temples to suit modern French taste.

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