The Louvre: The Many Lives of the Worlds Most Famous Museum,Used

The Louvre: The Many Lives of the Worlds Most Famous Museum,Used

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The fascinating and littleknown story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the kings of France and then into the worlds greatest art museum.Some ten million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre each year to enjoy its incomparable art collection. Yet few of them are aware of the remarkable history of that place and of the buildings themselvesa fascinating story that historian James Gardner elegantly chronicles in the first fulllength history of the Louvre in English.More than 7,000 years ago, men and women camped on a spot called le Louvre for reasons unknown; a clay quarry and a vineyard supported a society there in the first centuries AD. A thousand years later, King Philippe Auguste of France constructed a fortress there in 1191, just outside the walls of a city far smaller than the Paris we know today. Intended to protect the capital against English soldiers stationed in Normandy, the fortress became a royal residence under Charles V two centuries later, and then the monarchys principal residence under the great Renaissance king Franois I in 1546. It remained so until 1682, when Louis XIV moved his entire court to Versailles. Thereafter the fortunes of the Louvre languished until the tumultuous days of the French Revolution when, during the Reign of Terror in 1793, it first opened its doors to display the nations treasures. Ever sincethrough the Napoleonic era, the Commune, two World Wars, to the presentthe Louvre has been a witness to French history, and expanded to become home to a legendary collection, including such masterpieces as the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo, whose oftencomplicated and mysterious origins form a spectacular narrative that rivals the buildings grand stature.Includes a 16page fullcolor insert, featuring images illustrating the history of the Louvre, a fullcolor endpaper map detailing the Louvres evolution from fortress to museum, and blackandwhite images throughout the narrative.

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