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.
Download or read book The Louvre Art Guide written by Carlos Javier Taranilla and published by ArgoNowta. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the immense art collection of the Louvre Museum, from Oriental, Egyptian, Greco-Roman and medieval antiquities to the great works of the Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Painting, sculpture and decorative arts from all periods and civilizations. Works by great French masters such as Poussin and David, Flemish painters such as Rubens and Van Dyck, Dutch artists such as Rembrandt, Italian masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian and Tintoretto, and Spanish artists such as El Greco, Zurbarán, Velázquez and Goya. An essential book to delve into the structure of the Louvre palace and its dependencies, learning in detail about 120 essential masterpieces among the more than 400,000 pieces contained in the most important museum in the world.
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.
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.
Download or read book A guide to the Louvre written by Musée du Louvre and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Louvre Museum written by Musée du Louvre and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Louvre Museum written by Musée du Louvre (Paris) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Louvre written by Dominique de Font-Réaulx and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2025-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s greatest museum takes readers inside its unparalleled art collection to understand the keys to the history of art. The Louvre’s art collection is a training ground for the eye. In this book, readers will discover more than four hundred of the museum’s masterpieces, dating from before the invention of writing (7000 BCE) up to the mid-nineteenth century, including romantic or realist works. The richly illustrated guide is organized chronologically and features milestone events in world history, such as the fall of Babylon, the invention of the printing press, and the abolition of slavery in France. Punctuated with focused entries that explore themes like cultural exchange, humanity, power, beauty, the sky, and nature, this compact reference offers readers the keys to understanding art from a global perspective. Demonstrating a cross-disciplinary approach, this accessible guide brings together works from throughout the museum, spanning continents, civilizations, and historical periods. Insightful and informative texts accompany the reproductions of artworks, placing them in their artistic and historical context. This didactic art guide is the ideal companion for the art-loving student, twenty-first-century visitor to the Louvre—as well as the art-loving student or armchair traveler—and extends an invitation to discover (or rediscover) the wealth and diversity of the artworks held at the greatest museum in the world.
Download or read book The Louvre Museum General Guide written by Musée du Louvre and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Louvre Museum written by Musée du Louvre and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Louvre museum general guide written by Musě du Louvre and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Louvre Up to date written by Frédéric Mayer and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide Through the Galleries of Paintings of the Imperial Museum of the Louvre written by Frédéric Villot and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide Through the Galleries of Paintings of the Imperial Museum of the Louvre written by Musée du Louvre. Département des peintures, des dessins et de la chalcographie and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louvre written by Françoise Bayle and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide Through the Galleries of Paintings of the Imperial Museum of the Louvre Classic Reprint written by Frédéric Villot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide Through the Galleries of Paintings of the Imperial Museum of the Louvre A considerable number of the paintings of the Museum have been engraved by skilful artists; these engravings are sold in the Louvre itself, in the department of the Chal cography. A selection of these prints is exhibited, in the rooms adjoining those of the Drawings, where the Catalogue of the complete collection may be found. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
