Inventing the Louvre: Art, Politics and the Origins of the Modern Museum in Eighteenth-Century Paris
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Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire.
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #499614 in Books
- Published on: 1999-10-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 302 pages



