the newly constituted louvre became napoleon's domain. he commissioned france's finest artists to glorify his deeds. the most celebrated was jacques louis david. disappointed with the aftermath of the revolution, david had sworn never to trust in men again-- only in ideas, yet he was fascinated by napoleon and quickly succumbed to his spell. when he first met the young general, he said, "oh, my friends, "what a beautiful head he has. "it is pure. it is great. "it is as beautiful as the antique. yes. bonaparte is my hero." decades before the revolution, the encyclopedist diderot had suggested the louvre be used for the public display of the royal collections. afterwards, in 1793, it opened as the museum central des arts. then came the brief but dazzling era of the musee napoleon, filled with loot of his campaigns. here david presented his newly finished canvas, the sabine women. it tells of the reconciliation between warring tribes-- the romans and the sabines, effected by a central allegorical female figure. art historian ewa burcharth ex

the building became known, not surprisingly, as the louvre colonnade.errault was determined that his columns should not be decorative elements, but as, he thought, in ancient greek architecture, the supports of the building-- strong structural supports. he introduced engineering of a very high order into his design. the columns are threaded through with bars of iron, which are linked to crossbars in the ceiling and anchored into the walls behind. here is the initial idea that led to the development of reinforced concrete in the 20th century. almost 100 years later, exactly these same ideas were taken up by another architect-- soufflot--when he was commissioned to build the grandest, the noblest church in all of europe-- sainte genevieve, called the pantheon today. actually, you can even see it from here. tradition and reason were also soufflot's concerns. he, too, used freestanding columns to mark out his space and also to do the actual work of supporting the vaults and dome. he wanted to combine the structural elegance of a greek temple with the lightn

according to the louvre museum that should read 673.ke the unholy uproar at paris church, featuring religious artifacts plus a meridian line, backdrops for more of author dan brown's tail. michel rouge spent much of the day correcting what he calls the falsehoods, including a less than divine image of jesus christ. >> if you believe what is in the book, and are quite surprised to discover that at least what it says about this church is not true. >> up next, bethlehem. we'll take you on a very special tour of the town, and the church of the nativity.the wn and the of the nativity. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "fumbling around with rotating categories" card. it's not the etting blindsided by limits" card. it's the no-game-playing, no-earning-limit-having, deep-bomb-throwing, give-me-the-ball-and-i'll-take- it-to-the-house, cash back card. this is the quicksilver cash card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every single day. so let me ask you... at's in your wa

rebels louvre through the government. the interim government announced the dead were from the presidential guard. all the men accused them of being tough on the anti-balaka but hard on seleka. >> up to now we have not heard of the french killing one anti-balaka. all the seleka are back in the barracks. they only travel with the right papers. as the bodies were about to be driven away a relative of the dead gave this message. >> i'm asking all of you french to go home. since independence you have done nothing for us. now you are manipulating us. sometimes you are with us, sometimes against us. which side are you on. >> this caused fear for the impoverished people. clashes are followed by reprisals on civilians. the interim government appears to be doing nothing to cool down the anti-french sentiment. >> a former advisor to president salva kiir suggested dividing the area into two areas for muslims and christians. former vice president riek machar said it's the only option. >> translation: what we are doing at the moment ha

white house pets in the gingerbread house and it couldn't be a white house celebration without a louvre appearance of the first dogs themselves -- a live appearance of the first dogs, but it was the younger of the two who stole the spotlight with a 2- year-old girl. major garrett has the story from the white house of. >> reporter: it was an event fit for little princesses and princes, sons and daughters of military families decked out in their finest, the very first americans to see this year's out when holiday decorations. amid the choreographed preciousness first lady michelle obama and the first family's rambunctious portuguese waterdogs bo and sunny appeared. sunny encountered 2-year-old ashton gardner and whoops. >> you okay? >> reporter: cory holliday knockdown seen around the world. the first lady tugged sunny's leash and tried to remain composed. ashton's composure? perfect and calm, fit for an oval office crisis. ashton even tried to feed white house candy to sunny's calmer canine colleague bo. we caught up with ashton's parents, her two brothers and their two dogs. ashton told

. >> from the louvre in paris, to new york guggenheim, they have a taste for edible art.ome such a trendy, cool thing these days. we want to push the limit with what we can do with foods. >> we love them to tell a story. >> the story of henry and kate lynn's latest project starts here in new york city. owner dillan lauren, an ad mirer of their work asked this emto create pieces for tear stores. >> henry and kate lynn came back with a fantastic story to merge our story in miami to a christmas ginger bread of a big exhibit. >> it was actually perfect. you have always loved creating ginger bread houses yourself. >> it came full around. i think he taken it with a whole new level that is not like anyone can do it. >> so, guys, you have to be inspired by this push. right? >> i mean, we have become food candy store gifters. >> you guys will teach me how to live the dream, right? >> it was my turn to get in on the candy fun. on this day, they were working on the ginger bread model of london's cape modern. my job, adding trees. in this case, cotton candy covered in cocoa powder. >