Classicism / Empire

Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity as setting standards for taste which the classicist seeks to emulate. Classicism is usually contrasted with romanticism; the art of classicism typically seeks to be formal, restrained, and Apollonian rather than Dionysiac, in Friedrich Nietzsche's well known opposition. [Source: Wikipedia]
Cour Carrée of the Palais-Royal Musée du Louvre.
Palais-Royal Musée du Louvre
Sculptures in the Musée du Louvre
Arc de Tromphe du Carrousel
Statue with doves at the entrance of the Jardin des Tuileries
Fountain on the Place de la Concorde
Assemblée Nationale by night
The illuminated Assemblée Nationale, Pont de la Concorde and the Eiffel Tower
Assemblée Nationale
The Concert Hall (in German: Konzerthaus) is the most recent building on the Gendarmenmarkt. It was built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1821 as the Schauspielhaus.
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