Art treasures of the Louvre / Text translated and adapted from the French of Rene Huyghe. Commentary by Mme. Rene Huyghe. With a brief history of the Louvre by Milton S. Fox.
TITLE:
Art treasures of the Louvre / Text translated and adapted from the French of Rene Huyghe. Commentary by Mme. Rene Huyghe. With a brief history of the Louvre by Milton S. Fox.
Publication Date:
1951
Publication Information:
New York : H.N. Abrams,
Physical Description:
178 p. : ill.
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Summary:
The text chronicles the growth of the Louvre, from it's thirteenth-century origins as a fortress to it's present day pre-eminence in the world of art. In addition to Huyghe's text, each painting has a separate commentary. With a section of b&w photographs of objects of art, 100 full color plates of paintings in the museum's collection spanning six hundred years of art by dozens of the finest artists who have ever lived.
Language:
English
ISBN:
[n/a]
