The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum
The fascinating and little-known 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 world's greatest art museumMore 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 monarchy's principal residence under the great Renaissance king Fran?ois 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 nation's treasures. Ever since-through the Napoleonic era, the Commune, two World Wars, to the present-the 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.
yazar | James Gardner |
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Tarafından yayınlandı | 4 Ağustos 2020 |
4 Ağustos 2020 J B SBoon 21 x 0,5 x 29,7 cm 21,6 x 0,6 x 27,9 cm 28 Şubat 2018 21 x 0,5 x 29,6 cm 22 Mayıs 2016 Insight Editions Kolektif 21,6 x 0,2 x 27,9 cm Collectif 25 Şubat 2018 edition cumulus 23 Temmuz 2017 14,8 x 0,5 x 21 cm 12 Eylül 2017 Emily Grace 14,8 x 0,7 x 21 cm
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yazar | James Gardner Graham Halstead |
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isbn 10 | 170523061X |
isbn 13 | 978-1705230619 |
Yayımcı | TANTOR AUDIO; Unabridged basım |
Tarafından yayınlandı The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum | 4 Ağustos 2020 |
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