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Inventing the Louvre - by Andrew McClellan (Paperback)
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Highlights
- 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.
- About the Author: Andrew McClellan is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Art and Art History at Tufts University.
- 302 Pages
- Architecture, Individual Architects & Firms
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About the Book
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.Book Synopsis
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.Review Quotes
"A masterly account. . . . A notably intelligent book which on its own terms contributes as much to our understanding of cultural life in the French Revolutionary period as did, for an earlier period, Thomas Crow's "Painters and Public Life in 18th-Century Paris."--Giles Waterfield, "Burlington Magazine
About the Author
Andrew McClellan is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Art and Art History at Tufts University.Dimensions (Overall): 8.97 Inches (H) x 6.03 Inches (W) x .69 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.07 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 302
Genre: Architecture
Sub-Genre: Individual Architects & Firms
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Andrew McClellan
Language: English
Street Date: October 26, 1999
TCIN: 85201515
UPC: 9780520221765
Item Number (DPCI): 247-65-0273
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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