法国英文建筑介绍.ppt

WelcometoFrance,Buildings,LouvreMuseum,TheLouvreisthebiggestmuseumintheworldwhichislocatedonthebankoftheSeineRiver.,NowordcanbeusedtodescribetheLouvre.Itisanamazingandimpressivemuseum,fromitsbeginningsasaroyalcastletothepublicinstitutionweseetoday.Todaythemuseumfeaturesmorethan6000Europeanpaintingsdatingfromthe13thcenturytothe19thcentury.,Itslargestcollectionisofprintsanddrawingswithaninventoryinvntri,-t:ri.of130000.OthercollectionsincludeIslamicizlmikart,OrientalAntiquities,EgyptianAntiquities,andGreekAntiquitieswithpiecesthatdatebackasfarastheseventhmillenniummilenimB.C.Reflectscenturiesofchangeinthepoliticalandsocialenvironmentandisasymbolofart,consideredasaMeccamekforartistsandartloversalike,NotreDamedeParis,NotreDamedeParis(OurLadyofParis,inEnglish)isoneofthemostimportantCathedralski:drlinFranceandoneofthemostpopularCathedralsintheworld.ItreflectsthebornofGothicikArchitecturestylebybeingoneofthefirstCathedralsbuiltunderthisstyle.,Notre-Dame(巴黎圣母院)CathedralislocatedinthesoutheastofLaCite(西岱岛)intheSeineRiver（塞纳河）,thecenterofParis.ItsasymbolofancientParis.Itisfamousforitsgothicarchitecturalstyle,sculptureandpaintingsonthedoors,windowsandambulatories(回廊),anditwascompletedin1345,ittookmorethan180years.,Itsconceptioncomesfromasocialneed,aneedofanewsymbolforanewsocialandpoliticalpowerandby1160thechurchofSaintStephen(whereNotreDameCathedralisnowlocated)waslookeduponasobsoletesinceitcouldnotreallydisplaytheprestigeofafastgrowingurbansociety.,TheEiffelTower,ThistowerisoneofthemostvisitedattractionsinFranceanditisrecognizedasoneofthemostimportantsymbolsofthiscountry.,TheEiffelTower,builtin1889designedbyafamousarchitectEiffel.WhentheEiffelTowerwasfirstbuilt,itwasthetallestbuildingintheworld.At986feet,itwasalmosttwiceastallastheprevioustallestBuilding.Itisbuilttocommemoratethe100thanniversaryoftheFrenchrevolutionandtomeettheWorldsFairheldinParis.,EiffelTowerisnotonlythebuilding,itisalsoakindofcultureandthesymbolofmodernParis.Itwentbythenameof“IronLady”（铁娘子）.By1988,the“IronLady”haswelcomed123000000touristsfromthefivecontinents.Thatistosay,theaverageEiffelTowervisitorsare1230000peopleeachyear,thedailyaverageof3400people.,DespitethefactthathalfofPariswasreadytoclobberEiffelfordesigningitandgettingthecitytoapprovehavingitplonkeddownnexttotheSeinefortheWorldsFair1898theEiffeltowerwontheheartsofmillionsaroundtheworld.Itisnowthesymboloftheplanetsmostvisitedcityanditisawesometostandnexttoit.,TheArcdeTriomphe,TheArcdeTriompheisoneofthemostspectacularmonumentsofEurope,thatstandsinthecentreofPlaceCharlesdeGaulle,Itsconstructionwasbeganin1806,porordendeNapolenI拿破仑一世enhonorthosewhofoughtforFrance,particularlyduringtheNapoleonicWars,andtodayalsoincludesthetombtu:mn.坟墓oftheunknownsoldier.,VersaillesPalace,AnUNICCOsWorldHeritageSiterecognizedandrespectedallovertheworldthroughHistorybecauseofitsimportance,thePalaceofVersailleswillalwaysbeamustasadestinationforalltouriststhatvisitFrance.,VersaillesPalacewasoriginallyasmallvillage,LouisXIIIin1624inthemiddleofthewoodsVersaillesPalacehunting.1661,LouisXIVtransformedintoalu