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An exploration of artworks at Louvre Abu Dhabi highlighting the work of fearless explorers of past centuries outside of Europe Designed to take the reader on a long journey around the world, this large-size album embarks on a tour to the heart of one the world's most beautiful museums, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, a major art museum with a universal calling. The book travels across civilizations through the prism of a hundred of the museum's most beautiful and stunning works of art, a tribute to humanity's artistic creation, from prehistoric times to the present day. The collection shines a spotlight on the works of Arab physicians and mathematicians, African blacksmiths, Chinese ceramists, and many others--proving that in spite of wars and age-old rivalries, civilizations have always mingled and become enriched as a result.
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Journeys through Louvre Abu Dhabi, Béatrice Fontanel
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Journeys through Louvre Abu Dhabi
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Béatrice Fontanel
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN10
- 1419752839
- ISBN13
- 9781419752834
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Maps & Travel, Hobby, Travel
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- An exploration of artworks at Louvre Abu Dhabi highlighting the work of fearless explorers of past centuries outside of Europe Designed to take the reader on a long journey around the world, this large-size album embarks on a tour to the heart of one the world's most beautiful museums, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, a major art museum with a universal calling. The book travels across civilizations through the prism of a hundred of the museum's most beautiful and stunning works of art, a tribute to humanity's artistic creation, from prehistoric times to the present day. The collection shines a spotlight on the works of Arab physicians and mathematicians, African blacksmiths, Chinese ceramists, and many others--proving that in spite of wars and age-old rivalries, civilizations have always mingled and become enriched as a result.