The official guide to the Louvre, completely redesigned by Dominique de Font-Réaulx for today's visitor; In a light and practical format, the greatest masterpieces of the palace are collected and presented in a chronological and transversal manner. An invitation to discover (or rediscover) the riches and curiosities of one of the greatest museums in the world.
«A museum cannot provide an impersonal and strictly objective lesson like an encyclopaedic book; It can only reflect the tastes, that is to say, the choices - and also the refusals or omissions - of the amateurs, collectors, curators, who have, over the generations, composed its collections.» Based on Michel Laclotte's analysis, Dominique de Font-Réaulx, former director of mediation and cultural programming at the Louvre Museum, gives us in this new guide a subjective vision of the museum.
Designed as a complement to the visit, this guide never ceases to arouse curiosity, by creating a dialogue between the works of the different departments, the different regions of the world and different eras, in a reading that is intended to be universalist and accessible. Far from traditional guides that gather notices following a pre-established itinerary, the chronological approach makes it possible to renew the discourse and initiate a new dialogue between the works, which are placed in a global historical and artistic context, bringing out sometimes striking comparisons.
Led by the lively pen of Dominique de Font-Réaulx, the reader is drawn into a delightful discovery of some 400 of the museum's most emblematic works.
304 pages / 410 illustrations
Co-publishing Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais / Musée du Louvre
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