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THE HIGH- TUILERIES GARDENS
The Tuileries, a major Parisian tourist attraction, is one of the greatest public gardens in the world. The Art of the Louvre’s Tuileries Garden brings Paris to Peachtree Street, with picturesque boxed holly trees on the piazza, sculpture drawn directly from the grounds of the Tuileries, Impressionist paintings, and a three screen video of a stroll through the garden.
The Tuileries Garden lies at the heart of Paris, spanning the area between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde. For centuries, it has served as a gathering place for Parisians and visitors.
Created at the behest of Queen Catherine de’ Medici, the garden initially accompanied the Tuileries Palace, which was destroyed in the 1871 uprising known as the Paris Commune. Originally, the garden was reserved exclusively for royalty, but starting in the late seventeenth century, it became increasingly accessible to the public.
Art has played a critical role in the history of the Tuileries Garden. The Garden has inspired generations of artists and has also functioned as an outdoor museum, with works from the classical to the contemporary dotting its vast grounds. This exhibition presents works by Camille Pissarro, Édouard Manet, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and others who have taken inspiration from the iconic Parisian landmark, as well as sculpture from the garden never before seen in the United States.
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Karen with Layla & Lexi keeping warm inside while viewing outdoor sculptures from exhibition
Contemporary French nude sculpture from The Tuileries Gardens
Trying to keep warm
Admiring the trees like the ones in The Tuileries Gardens
Aristide Maillol Mediterranean or Latin Thought/Contemplation 1923-1927 Bronze
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Karen, Lexi, Layla and Roula looking at the outdoor sculptures
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Hercules battling Achelous as Serpent 1824 Bronze
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Atalanta 1704
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Hippomenes by Guillaume Coustou the Elder 1712
Hercules from the back
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Karen pointing out several bullet holes from various wars
Checking out the bullet hole in serpent’s neck
Atalanta and Hippomenes
Fawn from the back
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Antoine Coysevox- Fawn 1709
Hamadryad by Antoine Coysevox 1709
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Drawing of The Tuileries Gardens
Frog fountains made from the molds of REAL frogs
Karen describing the method used to mold the frogs…stunning them by dipping them in urine then putting them in the plaster
Artifacts found digging in Tuileries Gardens with royal symbols
Tapestry of Tuileries Gardens – 1 of 12- Procession of Louis XIV In Front of the Tuileries Castle: October the Sign of the Scorpions
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Statues similar to the ones that appear in the tapestry with the same bases- Pomona & Vertumnus by Francois Barois 1686
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The Ceremonial Procession of Mehemet Effendi Ambassador from the Ottoman Empire by Pierre Denis-Martin 1721
Bust of Louis XV as a Child 1719 by Antoine Coysevox
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Model of The Tuileries Palace
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Model of the Tuileries Gardens
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