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Masterpieces of The Louvre, Text by Marcel Brion.

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DESCRIPTION: MASSIVE (foot square, 5 pound) unread (?) hardcover with dustjacket (217 pages, 68 hand-tipped in color plates). [Published at $25 in 1974] The Louvre is a glorious monument, unique to French culture and sensibility. But because of the universality of its treasures, it belongs also to all of mankind. To step inside its doors is to be in touch with the artistic traditions of most of the world’s great civilizations. This volume traces the growth of the Louvre from its origins as a fortress-palace to its present eminence as the world’s most beloved museum. The history of the building itself is as fascinating as are the art objects it houses, for until the French Revolution it was the symbol of the continuity of the French monarchy and almost every king in some way changed or added to the vast complex and its collections.

This from the architect Pierre Lescot, who accomplished the transition from the Middles Ages to the Renaissance following the virtual demolition of the medieval Louvre, to the architects of Napoleon III, the building embodies three hundred years of the history of French architecture. By purchase, gift, seizure, exchange, and commission, the Louvre’s collections grew to their present magnificence and scope. Foremost of course there is the greatest collection of French art, with a full range of paintings and objects from all periods of modern French history, including in the Louvre’s Museum of Impressionism, the Jeu de Paume, the fabulous gathering of the masters of a century ago.

The Italians are represented with superb works by Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo, together with an overwhelming showing that runs from the thirteenth century through the eighteenth. The German, Spanish, British, and other European national schools are also well represented. Then there is the extraordinary collection of sculpture from Asia Minor circa 3,500 B.C. to the nineteenth century in Europe, which includes some of the most celebrated pieces ever created; the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory amongst them. Tapestries, works in precious jewels, religious objects of major significance are almost commonplace in this great repository.

CONDITION: Book is extremely clean, the inside virtually unblemished EXCEPT there\'s a tiny label on the back end paper indicating the original owner of the book was the Kodak Processing Laboratory. The book appears at worst, lightly read (flipped through a few times). Pages are pristine; clean, unmarked, unblemished, tightly bound. Dustjacket (in mylar) is virtually perfect. Cloth covers are exceptionally clean, and only the top edge of the front cover shows a little edge and corner shelf wear/rubbing (very minor, almost imperceptible). Truly a remarkable book in exceptional condition! Satisfaction guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. No disappointments, no excuses.

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PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER, PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW.

PUBLISHER REVIEW:

REVIEW: Marcel Brion, noted French art historian and member of the Academie Francaise, traces the history of the Louvre and discusses the collections and particular works of art. Superb color plates, with full individual commentaries, describe in detail sixty-eight of the Louvre’s most outstanding paintings. Black-and-white reproductions of the other collections round out this rich sampling of its art treasures.

PROFESSIONAL REVIEW:

REVIEW: From one of the world’s premier publishers, Harry N. Abrams of New York, a superlative collection of art from Paris’s Louvre. Sixty-eight magnificent tipped in plates of superb quality, narrated by one of the twentieth century’s greatest French art historians. Simply magnificent.

READER REVIEW:

REVIEW: A superb collection of some of the world’s greatest masterpieces. The 68 color plates here are worthy of framing, they are truly superb and of fabulous quality. You’d easily pay $10 each for the prints. A sumptuous, high-quality publication.

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