Building the Louvre - A Richly Illustrated History - Grand Format

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This is the history of a palace, of a museum, and of France : the Louvre, in the heart of Paris, has always been at the heart of French politics. Perhaps... Lire la suite
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This is the history of a palace, of a museum, and of France : the Louvre, in the heart of Paris, has always been at the heart of French politics. Perhaps no other building has a history so intimately woven into that of a city and a nation. In the thirteenth century, the Louvre castle with its powerful keep was already the symbol of a powerful monarchy. As it slowly lost its defensive role, the austere fortress was transformed into a lavish residence.
Meanwhile, the construction of the nearby Tuileries Palace during the Renaissance gave rise to a plan to connect the two palaces, known as the Grand Design.This new vision of grandeur would continue to haunt successive reigns from Louis XIV to Napoleon I. It was not until Napoleon III that the Grand Design was finally brought to fruition - which only lasted a few years, until the Tuileries Palace was burned down during the uprising known as the Paris Commune.
Today the palace of the Louvre, inevitably associated with its glass Pyramid, is still continuing to evolve in order to fulfil and expand its role of museum. Although the Louvre is now one of the world's most highly visited museums, people too often overlook the history of the palace in which it is housed. And yet great architects have worked on the building for over eight hundred years, in an ongoing quest for perfection unmatched anywhere in Europe over such a duration.
Author Guillaume Fonkenell has selected ten key periods from this vast creative saga, describing each one through spectacular 3-D renderings of reconstructed views. Designed to be useful and accessible to all, the book provides an overview of the history of the Louvre down through the centuries.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/06/2017
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    978-2-918371-30-4
  • EAN
    9782918371304
  • Format
    Grand Format
  • Présentation
    Relié
  • Nb. de pages
    64 pages
  • Poids
    0.756 Kg
  • Dimensions
    25,1 cm × 34,8 cm × 1,2 cm

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Biographie de Guillaume Fonkenell

Guillaume Fonkenell graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure and obtained an agrégation in Classics. Also an architect, he is currently a Senior Curator of Heritage at the Musée National de la Renaissance in the Château d'Ecouen outside Paris. He has specialized in the history of the Louvre, where he headed the History Division for seven years, curated several exhibitions, and published many books and articles, including Le Palais desTuileries (Editions Honoré Clair, 2010) and a three-volume history of the Louvre (co-published by Fayard and Editions du Musée du Louvre, 2016).
He also teaches at the Ecole des Chartes and the Ecole du Louvre.

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