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

spectacular views offers a perfect place to watch the sunrise or suffer sun set with someone you louvre, wear sturdy shows to conquer the stone trails and denly inventory advantage gives you hikers the sensation of being in a rain forest it's quite a hike to the top here at mount davidson but the view come and experience lafayette park and enjoy the people, picnic and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take an afternoon stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy you. >> (clapping.) i'm kate i'm the cork of the event for homeless connect. >> i'm and i any i want to take a few secon

we know in london and france and works of art at the louvre were acquired different ways. there was a law in 1970 that prohibited the removal of cultural items. but i think when the de facto started that is when it began. there are five million items in caves and about a million belong to german museums and collectors. the united states and great britain forces are cust custodians of the art until they can be returned. i think it is the beginning of the end of this. the suez canal changes. and from the 1945-on we know it isn't going to go into countries and steal art. but trying to go back and look at the belgian marbles isn't the best thing to do. i think these are hot topics. i do think there she be discussions. perhaps loan plans worked out. but i think a legislation to address this would be a mistake. >> host: via facebook why asked when the nazis stole the artwork who became the new owner? the governor, the individual nazis or the community? are their -- there -- transfer titl titles? >> guest: the nazis tried to make this legal. acquisitions of works of art, often ti

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the national park service is forecasting that the louvre between april 8 in april 12.f you want more information on the kite festival being held this weekend at the washington monument, you can go to the cherry blossom decibel.or -- cherry blossom festival.org. the rain date for the event will be sunday. keep checking back for the good news is these warm temperatures are keeping us happy. for people getting on the road are staying happy, too. things moving along swiftly? >> at this point, yes. it is a nice morning to get out. get out before it starts raining. beltway, no big problems with the one issue potentially in maryland. outer loop at the john hansen highway before you get to the interchange of 50, a very large pothole reported in the center of the roadway. use caution. we will go to a live shot on the outer loop near colesville road. that is traffic on the outer loop moving towards georgia avenue. so far so good without delay. in virginia, i-95 northbound getting heavy heading up into lorton and newington. so far so good. we had an issue near dumpers. a-- dumfri

. >> it may not rival the louvre, but there's a museum in los angeles that's one of a kind. >> if creepy cries clowns are the stup your nightmares are made of, this may not be for you. >> welcome to the museum of paintings, at the center of art. >> it's the only museum dedicated to paintings on black velvet. here is a glow in the dark sate jip, a velvety richard nixon and more. >> 3 nouz paintings have been amanufactured. >> this is the art of the people. democratizing - it's not intimidating. >> nothing here is sacred. >> this is the hall of elvis. elvis never leaves the building. this is our elvis tisi that we found. elvis is one of the greatest figures ever, the king of rock'n'roll. >> then there are the clowns. we are in the black light room, the piece deresistance of the museum. clowns have been a part of velvet painting and they are all crying and sad. >> finding velvet art is never easy. >> they are piled around a bunch of junk in the back of a closet, in a shed. they are covered with cat hair and who knows what. >> museum co-oper karen anderson says it has a rock-bottom sincerity

. >>> finally, it might not hang up in the louvre but it's a velvet painting. you find it hiding at a -- rob ren neldz met the owner there to find out more. >> reporter: in creepy clowns are the stuff your nightmares are made of, this museum might not be for you. >> i like the velvet at the center of air. >> reporter: it's the world's only museums deck indicated to paintings on black velvet. a grow in the dark satan and velt vetty depictions of jesus galore. the co-owner carl baldwin has amassed 3,000 paints of elvis. this is the art of people. it's the people's life. we'll would get them. it's not intik at a timing. >> that's not to say that nothing here is sacred. >> this is the hull of elvis, and elvis never leaving the building and this is our elvis tiki we find. so elvis is the -- one of the greatest figures ever and the consistent of rock 'n roll and velvet paints. >> then there are the clowns. >> we're in the black light room, which is the p.a. resistance of the museum. >> clowns are always part of velvet painting and the clowns are crying and sad. >> fi

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. >> it will never rival the louvre. there's a museum tucked away. we visit a collection of art you probably will not find in another gallery. >> if creepy clowns are the stuff your nightmares are made of, this museum may not be for you. >> this is the velvet paintings. >> it's a museum dedicated to paintings on black velvet. here you find a glow in the dark satan. a velvety depiction. the velvet earors owner has amassed 3,000 paintings. >> this is the art of the people, democratizing. people - it's not intimidating. it's not to say nothing here is sacred. >> this is the hall of elvis. elvis never leafs the building. and this is the elvis teeky that you've found. elvis is the - one of the great is figures ever, the copying of rock and role and the king of velvet painting. then there are the clowns. we are in the black right film. clowns are part of velvet paintings, and they are always cries and sad. finding velvet art is not easy. >> there's a bump of junk in the back of a closet. they are covered with cat hair and who knows what. >> karen anderson

it was a nonviolent protest movement being toured upon with louvre ammunition -- fired upon with live ammunition, with bombing of bread lines, sniper fire. of it was a one-way violence, and that, i think, really led to this, the arming of the revolution. but i think to get back to your question, it is a very complicated situation on the ground. my, the only silver lining, perhaps, is that there's more clarity now. i don't think you can say that the entire rebel movement has been islamized or taken over by al-qaeda when you have actual shooting battles going on between nonislam u.s.es, nonal-qaeda forces and these isis and other forces. it's very clear that there is a major war of position taking place between these factions, and i think it matters who wins and who's got the upper hand. >> nader, is there any credibility to say ising, oh, my god, al-qaeda could take over syria and then you'd have a syria ruled by al-qaeda in is there any credibility at all -- >> no, i think that's exaggerated. we have to realize that among all the rebel groups, they're still on the extreme endment they