The Sky Over the Louvre

by Yslaire, Jean-Claude Carrière, Bernar Yslaire

Book Overview

In the next volume in co-edition with the Louvre museum we go back to the very origins of the Louvre as a museum: the tumultuous years of the French revolution. It's the story of a painting of the Supreme Being, ordered by Robespierre from the famous painter David. A painting which was never made. It's also the story of another painting, that of the young Bara, a 13 year old martyr of the Republic. From the inauguration of the Louvre, former royal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561636029
• ISBN13: 9781561636020
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.6" x 11.3"