when Louis XIV built a new residence for monarchs, the Palace of Versailles. In the late 18th century, the old palace became a public art museum—later dubbed “the Louvre.” The palatial ...

Before it was a museum, the Louvre served as a royal residence for a number of French powers, including Louis XIV. It was after Louis XIV left the Louvre in favor of Versailles that the Louvre ...

The seat of French kings until Louis XIV abandoned it for Versailles in the late 1600s, the Louvre is regularly listed as the world's most visited museum, and houses masterpieces including the ...

Louvre Couture: Objects of Art ... staged meaningfully before a baroque portrait of Louis XIV. Religious iconography and motifs as mundane as flora and fauna take on a renewed urgency when ...

Later, it became a royal palace until King Louis XIV moved to Versailles, leaving the Louvre to become an art gallery. The mysterious disappearance of the Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa, now the Louvre ...

“The Louvre is so much more than just the ‘Mona ... a Sun King motif is staged before a baroque portrait of Louis XIV himself. Iconic pieces such as Gianni Versace’s 1997 metal mesh gown ...