By Devorah Lauter
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| The building devoted to Islamic art, photographed during construction (Antoine Mongodin / Musee du Louvre) |
Monday, 3 September 2012
Louvre's Dragonfly-Wing-Like Islamic Art Building is Ready to Fly
Posted on 02:06 by john mical
LOS ANGELES TIMES
By Devorah Lauter
FRANCE---The Louvre's astonishing new wing for the department of Islamic art undulates like molten gold, so liquid-smooth in contrast to the surrounding neoclassical architecture framing it that at a glance from afar it almost looks like a digitalized, fake rendering of what visitors can hope to see in the distant future. For the museum's enlarged, 18,000-piece treasure trove of Islamic art, opening Sept. 22, architects Mario Bellini from Italy and Rudy Ricciotti from France used the latest in computer technology to create what is the most significant, innovative architectural expansion project to the museum since I.M. Pei shook up the institution with his glass pyramid in 1989. [link]
By Devorah Lauter
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