Michel Laclotte's autobiography offers an insightful look into his influential role in French cultural life, particularly as the chief curator at the Musée du Louvre and the leader of the team that established the Musée d'Orsay. Through personal anecdotes and reflections, he shares his experiences in shaping art curation and his contributions to the preservation and presentation of significant artworks in France.
Featuring nearly 400 full-color reproductions, this Tiny Folios(TM) volume offers a miniature tour of the Louvre's celebrated masterpieces. It showcases the museum's vast array of artistic traditions, reflecting the rich history and cultural significance of its unparalleled collection. Ideal for art enthusiasts, this book captures the essence of the world's most famous museum in a compact format.
This tiny-format work covers one of the world's finest art collections - the Louvre in Paris. It gives a history of the museum itself and takes the reader on a guided tour of its seven departments - paintings, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts and Egyptian, Greco-Roman and Oriental art.