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The Louvre

Author : Genevieve Bresc-Bautier
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847868931
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book The Louvre written by Genevieve Bresc-Bautier and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the Louvre's majestic halls, grand galleries, and stunning artworks in this exquisite visit to the world-renowned museum--highlighting beloved works of art alongside hidden gems, all situated in the palace's stunning architectural spaces. Every year, more than ten million visitors from around the world visit the Louvre's 68,000 square meters of gallery space containing more than 35,000 works of art. The Louvre is widely considered the most innovative of the world's preeminent museums. This gorgeous tome is a celebration of an enduring institution and the magnificent works of art that it houses. Rather than showing only isolated images of the artworks themselves, this book shows many of the pieces in the context of the beautiful galleries and spaces where they live, to give the reader an experience similar to being at the Louvre. The Louvre explores the eight centuries of fascinating history surrounding the museum, which began in the Middle Ages as a fortress, then became a royal residence which continued to enlarge, expand, and develop over the centuries with the most brilliant architects and painters being called to work on this architectural masterpiece. In 1793, the Louvre confirmed its role as a "temple of the arts" when it was made the first national museum open to the public. From then on, its collections continued to grow from its roots in the old royal collection, benefiting from acquisitions, archaeological discoveries, donations, and bequests. Centuries of growth, evolution, and transformation culminated in the 1980s with the "Grand Louvre" project symbolized by I.M. Pei's world-famous and critically acclaimed modernist pyramid.

The Louvre

Author : James Gardner
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 0802148794
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Louvre written by James Gardner and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The centuries-long history of the Louvre, from humble fortress to Royal palace to the world’s greatest art museum—with photos and building maps. Some ten million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre each year to enjoy its incomparable art collection. Yet few of them are aware of the remarkable history of the site and buildings themselves—a fascinating story that historian James Gardner elegantly chronicles in this authoritative history. More than seven thousand years ago, men and women camped on a spot called le Louvre for reasons unknown. Centuries later, King Philippe Auguste of France constructed a fortress there, just outside the walls of a nascent Paris. Intended to protect the capital against English soldiers stationed in Normandy, the fortress became a royal residence under Charles V two centuries later, and then the monarchy’s principal residence under the great Renaissance king François I. In 1682, when Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles, the Louvre languished until the French Revolution when, during the Reign of Terror in 1793, it first opened its doors to display the nation’s treasures. Ever since—through the Napoleonic era, the Commune, two World Wars, to the present—the Louvre has been a witness to French history, and expanded to become home to a legendary art collection that includes the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. Includes sixteen pages of full-color photos illustrating the history of the Louvre, a full-color map detailing its evolution from fortress to museum, and black-and-white images throughout the narrative.

Favorite Old Master Paintings from the Louvre Museum, Paris

Author : Musée du Louvre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Favorite Old Master Paintings from the Louvre Museum, Paris written by Musée du Louvre and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred of the Louvre's greatest masterpieces are reproduced with accompanying commentaries by the museum's chief curator of painting. -- adapted from jacket.

The Louvre: All the Paintings

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Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 9780762470648
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Louvre: All the Paintings written by and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete collection available, the New York Times bestselling book The Louvre: All the Paintings includes all 3,022 paintings from the permanent collection of the world's most popular museum in a practical and elegant paperback format. The Louvre Museum houses many of the world's most celebrated and important art of all time -- from da Vinci's Mona Lisa to Vermeer's The Lacemaker -- making it also the most visited art museum in the world. The Louvre: All the Paintings allows you to experience every painting currently on display in the permanent collection in Paris, without ever having to step on a plane. Divided and organized into the four main painting collections of the museum -- the Italian School, the Northern School, the Spanish School, and the French School -- the paintings are then presented chronologically by the artists' date of birth. Four hundred of the most iconic and significant paintings are illuminated with 300-word discussions by art historians Anja Grebe and Vincent Pomarède on the key attributes of the work, what to look for when viewing, the artist's inspirations and techniques, biographical information on the artist, the artist's overall impact on history, and more. Immerse yourself in the wonder and dazzling display of the Louvre without ever having to leave the comfort of your own home. Learn more about each artist and painting, and tour the realms of sensational masterpieces with this new paperback edition.

Louvre

Author : Bruno de Cessole
Publisher : Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Louvre written by Bruno de Cessole and published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. This book was released on 1998 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Mona Lisa's smile to Napoleon's plundered treasures and I. M. Pei's controversial glass pyramid, this book presents the world's greatest museum, not as the sum of its masterpieces, but as a living, changing institution that throws a high beam on the artistic, political, and social history of the Western World. 650 full-color photos.

Louvre

Author : Daniel Soulié
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Louvre written by Daniel Soulié and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A color guide to four hundred works of art housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, including paintings, prints and drawings, sculptures, decorative arts, and works from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.

Worlds in a Museum

Author : Louvre Abu Dhabi
Publisher : Leuven University Press
ISBN 13 : 9462702330
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Worlds in a Museum written by Louvre Abu Dhabi and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Held on the occasion of Louvre Abu Dhabi’s first anniversary, the symposium Worlds in a Museum addressed the topic of museums in the era of globalisation, exploring contemporary museology and the preservation and presentation of culture within the context of changing societies. Departing from the historical museum structure inherited from the Enlightenment, leading experts from art, cultural, and academic institutions explore present-day achievements and challenges in the study, display and interpretation of art, history, and artefacts. How are “global” and “local” objects and narratives balanced – particularly in consideration of diverse audiences? How do we foster perspective and multiculturalism while addressing politicised notions of centre and periphery? As they abandon classical canons and categories, how are museums and cultural entities redefining themselves beyond predefined concepts of geography and history? This collection of essays arises from the symposium Worlds in a Museum organised by Louvre Abu Dhabi and École du Louvre.

Louvre Game Book

Author : Pascal Bonafoux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782843237331
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Louvre Game Book written by Pascal Bonafoux and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful and original guide to the Louvre contains a dictionary of the artists and architects who helped build the Louvre, a cultural timeline, an artistic glossary, the plans of the museum, and a collection of practical information.

Jewels in the Louvre

Author : Musée du Louvre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Jewels in the Louvre written by Musée du Louvre and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selection from the Louve of over fifty precious jewelry pieces, pictured in paintings and photographs.

A Guide to the Louvre

Author : Anne Sefrioui
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782711845927
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the Louvre written by Anne Sefrioui and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First-time visitors to the Louvre can hardly fail to be overwhelmed: how to choose among so many treasures? This guide, like the visitor, is necessarily selective. Its aim is not to show everything, but to cover everything. Through a choice of some 600 masterpieces from antiquity to the mid-nineteenth century, the reader is given as comprehensive as possible an idea of all the departments. Accompanying the commentaries on the Louvre's foremost masterpieces, presentations of the various periods and collections situate each in its artistic context and throw light on the personalities of its most famous artists. Visitors can consult this book as a prelude to their visit and return to it afterwards to learn more about their discoveries. --From publisher description.

Paintings in the Louvre

Author : Lawrence Gowing
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781556700071
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paintings in the Louvre written by Lawrence Gowing and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1994-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduces paintings from the museum's collection

Saving Mona Lisa

Author : Gerri Chanel
Publisher : Icon Books
ISBN 13 : 178578417X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Saving Mona Lisa written by Gerri Chanel and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her away to the Loire Valley as part of the biggest museum evacuation in history. As the Germans neared Paris in 1940, the French raced to move the masterpieces still further south, then again and again during the war, crisscrossing the southwest of France. Throughout the German occupation, the museum staff fought to keep the priceless treasures out of the hands of Hitler and his henchmen, often risking their lives to protect the country's artistic heritage. Saving Mona Lisa is the sweeping, suspenseful narrative of their struggle.

Inventing the Louvre

Author : Andrew McClellan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520221765
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Inventing the Louvre written by Andrew McClellan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-10-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative history of the founding of the Louvre that also explores the ideological underpinnings, pedagogical aims, and aesthetic criteria of this, the first great national art museum.

Louvre

Author : Martina Padberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783741929373
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book Louvre written by Martina Padberg and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rijk gëillustreerd overzicht van de schilderijen in het Louvre in Parijs.

Buenos Aires: The Biography of a City

Author : James Gardner
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466879033
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Buenos Aires: The Biography of a City written by James Gardner and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buenos Aires, Argentina, recognized for its European-style architecture and lively theater scene, is a truly special place. The second-largest city in South America, it has been the home of such renowned cultural and historical figures as Jorge Luis Borges and Astor Piazzola, Che Guevara and Eva Peron. Like every truly great city, New York, London and Prague; Buenos Aires is its own universe, with its own center of gravity, its own scents and flavors, its own architectural signature-in short, its own way of being. From San Telmo's oak-paneled restaurants and brightly tiled apothecaries from 1900, and the phantasmagoric Beaux Arts palaces along Avenida Alvear and Plaza San Martin, to the parks of Palermo and the bustling bars and cafes along Corrientes and LaValle, Buenos Aires is steeped in exotic culture and history. In Buenos Aires, Art and culture critic James Gardner offers a colorful biography of the "Paris of the South," from its origins and time as a colonial city, through its Golden age, the rise of Peron, and the Falklands War, to the present day. With entertaining asides about art, architecture, literature, food and dance, as well as local customs and colorful personalities, this is a rich and unique historical narrative of Buenos Aires.

Art Treasures of the Louvre

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Publisher : New York : H.N. Abrams [1951]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Art Treasures of the Louvre written by and published by New York : H.N. Abrams [1951]. This book was released on 1951 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains excellent notes on the 100 works shown in color.

The Louvre

Author : Alexandra Bonfante-Warren
Publisher : Hugh Lauter Levin Assc
ISBN 13 : 9780883635018
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Louvre written by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren and published by Hugh Lauter Levin Assc. This book was released on 2000 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning book, Alexandra Bonfante-Warren has chosen representative masterpieces from each of the Louvre's seven departments -- Egyptian Antiquities, Oriental Antiquities, Greek and Roman Antiquities, Decorative Arts, Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings -- and made them available to armchair visitors in 300 color plate reproductions. Here are tomb paintings and sarcophagi from the Valley of the Kings, devotional altarpieces expressing the religious fervor of the Middle Ages, and masterpieces by Giotto, Raphael, Leonardo, Rembrandt, Rubens, Delacroix, David, Vermeer, and Ingres. The Louvre also contains photos and historical drawings of the architectural development of the fortress-turned-palace-turned-museum, as well as an engaging account of French history that helped form one of the most spectacular collections in the world.