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Title: Inventing the Louvre
Condition: New
EAN: 9780520221765
ISBN: 9780520221765
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 26/10/1999
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 18mm
Item Weight: 499g
Author: Andrew McClellan
Language: English
Subtitle: Art, Politics, and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-Century Paris
ISBN-10: 0520221761
Description: Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre--with the greatest collection of Old Master paintings and antique sculpture assembled under one roof--became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. Andrew McClellan chronicles the formation of this great museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. More than a narrative history, McClellan's account explores the ideological underpinnings, pedagogic aims, and aesthetic criteria of the Louvre. Drawing on new archival materials, McClellan also illuminates the art world of eighteenth-century Paris.
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Language & Reference, Travel & Transport
Release Year: 1999

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