Inventing the Louvre : art, politics, and the origins of the modern museum in eighteenth-century Par...
Inventing the Louvre : art, politics, and the origins of the modern museum in eighteenth-century Par...
Inventing the Louvre : art, politics, and the origins of the modern museum in eighteenth-century Paris / Andrew McClellan.
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Publisher
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Date
1994.
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NQ708.4361/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 289 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
1. The Luxembourg Gallery, 1750-79 -- 2. D'Angiviller's Louvre Project -- 3. The Revolutionary Louvre -- 4. The Musee Central des Arts -- 5. Alexandre Lenoir and the Museum of French Monuments -- Appendix I Arrangement of Paintings in the Luxembourg Gallery, 1750 -- Appendix II D'Angiviller's Grands...
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1994.
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Summary
Drawing on much new archival material, this book also casts new light on the art world of eighteenth century Paris and its most colorful characters, from Roger de Piles and La Font de Saint-Yenne to Jacques-Louis David and Alexandre Lenoir....
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Inventing the Louvre : art, politics, and the origins of the modern museum in eighteenth-century Paris / Andrew McClellan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-277) and index.
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NQ708.4361/1
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0521450659 (hardback)
9780521450652 (hardback)
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708.4361
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991021959429702626
