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The Eiffel Tower is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris. More than 200,000,000 people have visited the tower since its construction in 1889 making it the most visited paid monument in the world. Including the 79 ft antenna, the structure is 1,063 ft high which is equivalent to about 81 levels in a conventional building. The metal structure of the Eiffel Tower weighs 7,300 tons while the entire structure including non-metal components is approximately 10,000 tons. Depending on the ambient temperature, the top of the tower may shift away from the sun by up to 7 in because of thermal expansion of the metal on the side facing the sun. The tower also sways 2–3 in in the wind.
Eiffel Tower Panoramic-1
Eiffel Tower Panoramic Reflecting at Night
David is a master piece of Renaissance sculpturesculpted by Michelangelo from 1501 to 1504.
Michelangelo's ''David'' is based on artistic drawings of the male human form. He considered sculpture to be the highest form of art because, among other reasons, it mimics divine creation. Because Michelangelo adhered to the concepts of ''disegno'', he worked under the premise that the image of ''David'' was already in the block of stone he was working on; in much the same way as the human soul is found within the physical body. It is also an example of the contrapposto style of posing the human form.
Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplarpanel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the Government of France and is on the wall in the Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. It is perhaps the most famous painting in the world.The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter's expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting's continuing fascination. Few other works of art have been subject to as much scrutiny, study, mythologizing, and parody.
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