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Salon Carré - Quiz
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  • 1. In what year did the fire occur that led to the reconstruction of the Salon Carré?
A) 1849
B) 1661
C) 1810
D) 1725
  • 2. What type of art is currently displayed in the Salon Carré?
A) Ancient Egyptian artifacts
B) Italian Renaissance painting
C) French Impressionist painting
D) Contemporary art
  • 3. Who rebuilt the Salon Carré after the fire of 1661?
A) Marc Saltet
B) Félix Duban
C) Louis Le Vau
D) Charles-Axel Guillaumot
  • 4. What is the actual shape of the Salon Carré despite its name?
A) Circular
B) Square
C) Octagonal
D) Rectangular
  • 5. What was the room known as before it was called the Salon Carré?
A) Salle des Sept-Cheminées
B) Galerie des Rois
C) Grand Salon or Salon du Louvre
D) Salon des Ambassadeurs
  • 6. Who designed the skylight installed in 1789?
A) Charles-Axel Guillaumot
B) Louis Le Vau
C) Pierre-Charles Simart
D) Félix Duban
  • 7. For what event was the Salon Carré temporarily converted into a chapel in 1810?
A) A state funeral
B) The wedding of Napoleon and Marie Louise
C) A royal coronation
D) The inauguration of the museum
  • 8. Who was the Louvre director that advocated for moving the Salon outside the Louvre in 1848?
A) Philippe-Auguste Jeanron
B) Pierre-Charles Simart
C) Félix Duban
D) Marc Saltet
  • 9. Who created the richly decorated gilded stucco ceiling in the Salon Carré?
A) Pierre Paulin
B) Joseph-André Motte
C) André Monpoix
D) Pierre-Charles Simart
  • 10. When was the refurbished room inaugurated following the 19th-century redecoration?
A) 15 July 1972
B) 2 April 1810
C) 1 January 1849
D) 5 June 1851
  • 11. Which architect redecorated the Salon Carré after the Salon exhibitions were relocated?
A) Louis Le Vau
B) Marc Saltet
C) Félix Duban
D) Charles-Axel Guillaumot
  • 12. In what year was the museography of the Salon Carré updated with a hung tubular lighting case?
A) 1972
B) 1789
C) 1848
D) 1851
  • 13. Where was the Salon des Ambassadeurs located relative to the original Grand Salon?
A) In the Tuileries Palace
B) Inside the Galerie des Rois
C) On the ground floor
D) Above the Grand Salon
  • 14. What is the reason the Salon Carré is now used for permanent museum exhibitions?
A) It was originally built as a museum
B) The skylight required a permanent display
C) The Salon exhibitions were moved elsewhere
D) Napoleon ordered it to be a museum
  • 15. Which designers assisted Marc Saltet in the 1972 museography project?
A) Philippe-Auguste Jeanron and Pierre-Charles Simart
B) André Monpoix, Joseph-André Motte and Pierre Paulin
C) Charles-Axel Guillaumot and Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Louis Le Vau and Félix Duban
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