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48
/100
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Readers
34/100Critics
61/100Scholars
Author:
James Gardner
Publisher:
Grove Atlantic
Date:
May 5, 2020
The 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 worldâs greatest art museum.
What The Reviewers Say
... courageous and erudite.
Gardner’s book will be an eye-opener to some readers (I’m one of them) who take the Louvre for granted as a semi-eternal and unchanging part of Paris’s cultural furniture. Just the fact that it first opened its doors as a public art museum smack in the middle of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror may be news to you. But the surprises don’t stop there.
... comprehensive.
... engrossing.
