Detail View: SHIMMER: Musée d'Orsay

Title: 
Musée d'Orsay
Caption: 
Orsay Museum
Creation Date: 
1986
Image Date: 
1996
Period: 
19th century ; 20th century
Start Date: 
1980
Location: 
Paris
Country: 
FRANCE
Display Creator: 
AULENTI, Gae
Terms: 
Buildings -- Change of use ; Grands projets
Image ID: 
96-3589
Description: 
Interior detail. View across the upper levels of the main hall, 19th century sculptures and details of the original railway station roof (LALOUX, 1898-1900). The station buildings were redeveloped as a museum which opened in 1986, the internal re-design by AULENTI, as one of President Mitterand's Grands Projets.
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
AULENTI, Gae
Creator Dates - Born: 
1927
Creator Role: 
Architect and interior designer.
Culture Gender: 
Female.
Nationality: 
Italian.
Creator: 
LALOUX, Victor
Creator Dates - Born: 
1850
Creator Dates - Died: 
1937
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
French.
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- France -- Paris
Subject Heading: 
Tourism and art
Subject Heading: 
Art museums -- France -- Paris
Subject Heading: 
Ceilings
Subject Heading: 
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction