1. Only half the collection of the Louvre is on display.
2. In addition to being a museum, the Louvre has also been a prison.
3. The present palace was built to display the royal art collections.
4. After the French Revolution, it became a public museum.
5. In 1989 I.M. Pei designed the glass pyramaid for a new entrance.
6. Pei's design actually has 673 panels.
7. The new entrance was required to handle the growing number of visitors.
Answer: Possibly as a joke or out of admiration.
Explanation: Many people incorporate Classic art into jokes as a comical stance, many other people do it as admiration. If you admired a piece of art work it wouldn't be much of a surprise if you tried to recreate it.
<span>He carved bold designs into a smooth block of wood.</span>
I believe that this was China.
Stupas originated in India around 4th century BCE and later the idea spread around Asia . In China it was then combined with the Chinese Watchtowers, and then as such it spread (under the name Pagoda) to other countries, such as Japan.
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