"The Louvre's Little-Known Treasures": Augmented Reality Brings Masterpieces of Art to Life

They will be urged to embark on a unique tour of six noted works from the museum's permanent collection.

• The Code of Hammurabi contains about 282 laws set down by Hammurabi, the King of Babylon, in the 18th century BC.
• That sculpture of the famous pharaoh Amenhotep IV, more widely known as Akhenaten, comes from the temple of Karnak. A painting of Anne of Cleves, a 16th-century German princess, by the artist Hans Holbein the Younger.
• The Kore of Samos was dedicated to the goddess Hera at her sanctuary on the island of Samos.
• The Four Captives, by Martin Desjardins, were taken from the pedestal of the statue of King Louis XIV at Place des Victoires in Paris and later melted down during the Revolution.
• An oval dish of 'rusticware' that shows the amazing creativity of Bernard Palissy, a top ceramic artist working in Paris in the mid-16th century.
• The visitors may use their smartphones to animate the works, to uncover the hidden details, and to revitalize the shapes and colors which had faded long ago. The visitors can see the works as they were at the moment of creation, right down to the smallest indications of the artists' technique, using an application of augmented reality.

Snapchat’s AR Studio worked hand in hand with the curators from Musée du Louvre to develop this free visitor experience, based on historical archives and the most recent academic research.

This free visitor experience was designed by the AR Studio of Snapchat, in close collaboration with curators from the Musée du Louvre, and using both archival records and the latest academic research.