Inventing the Louvre

Inventing the Louvre
Author: Andrew McClellan
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1999-10-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780520221765
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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.


Inventing the Louvre
Language: en
Pages: 308

Inventing the Louvre

Authors: Andrew McClellan
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-10-26 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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A narrative history of the founding of the Louvre that also explores the ideological underpinnings, pedagogical aims, and aesthetic criteria of this, the first
The Pope's Body
Language: en
Pages: 448

The Pope's Body

Authors: Agostino Paravicini-Bagliani
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-07 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In contrast to the role traditionally fulfilled by secular rulers, the pope has been perceived as an individual person existing in a body subject to decay and d
Dictionnaire Napoleon
Language: en
Pages:

Dictionnaire Napoleon

Authors: Jean F. Tulard
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-01-01 - Publisher:

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About the Contemplative Life
Language: en
Pages: 530

About the Contemplative Life

Authors: Philo (of Alexandria.)
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1895 - Publisher:

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The First Modern Museums of Art
Language: en
Pages: 372

The First Modern Museums of Art

Authors: Carole Paul
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-16 - Publisher: Getty Publications

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In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the first modern, public museums of art—civic, state, or national—appeared throughout Europe, setting a sta