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Inventing the Louvre : art, politics, and the origins of the modern museum in eighteenth-century Par...

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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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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.

Call Numbers

NQ708.4361/1

Record Identifier

74VKKQqzgrkA

MMS ID

991021959429702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

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...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1994.

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Scope and Contents

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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Full title

Inventing the Louvre : art, politics, and the origins of the modern museum in eighteenth-century Paris / Andrew McClellan.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-277) and index.

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Call Numbers

NQ708.4361/1

Record Identifier

74VKKQqzgrkA

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ISBN

0521450659 (hardback)

9780521450652 (hardback)

DDC

708.4361

MMS ID

991021959429702626

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