Download PDF A Guide to the Louvre Anglais Collectif 9782711845927 Books

Product details Paperback 479 pages Publisher Rmn; REUNION DES MUSEES NATIONAUX edition (May 25, 2005) Language French ISBN-10 9782711845927 ISBN-13 978-2711845927 ASIN 2711845923

A Guide to the Louvre Anglais Collectif 9782711845927 Books Reviews

• This guide is a great deal, even at full price. The color illustrations are beautiful, and many are quite large. The book includes samples of all of the Louvre's collections and makes a very good souvenir. I have many other books about the Louvre, most more comprehensive than this one, but I still find this book worth having. Some of the illustrations here are larger than those in larger format, more comprehensive books.
• Nice way to prepare for your visit. I tagged all the main things I wanted to see and was able to make the most of my time.
• This is a fantastic guide to the Louvre!! It's perfect for a preview of what you may see on your visit, a guide as you tour the Louvre, or a collection of information and descriptions after you leave. Well worth the read, especially since it's (almost) impossible to see it all there!!
• purchased for an upcoming trip to France. very informative and beautiful pictures. I'll treasure this long after our trip, thank you.
• A bit too heavy and thick to carry around at the Louvre, it nonetheless has great pictures and good layout to help plan your trip for however many days you want to spend.
• On our way to Paris. One of our favorite plans to do! Mona Lisa is so impressive. Purchased on .
• We have used this excellent guide book to plan trips to the Louvre on three occasions with great success. The book is too large to carry on site, but it was excellent in planning our visit to see the paintings we were most interested in.
  
  We are giving our libraries to the New York Public Library on York Avenue in NYC, which has a volunteer run bookstore in the basement and which raises a million dollars a year for the system. This book will fetch a few dollars -- every penny helps.
  
  We also included a print out of the following information from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin, which we believe the new owner will find enhances the contents of this fine guide
  
  Art lovers who are unable to visit the world-famous Louvre in person may enjoy Tales of the Museum, an animated collection of anecdotes and stories about the museum and its contents. These tales are told by the Louvre's first director, Dominique-Vivant Denon, who began leading the museum in 1802 and is presented here as "a whimsical and exuberant adventurer who may not know everything, but has lived in the Louvre for over two centuries." Viewers can explore Denon's workshop (which requires Flash) by clicking on various animated objects that appear at random throughout the workshop itself, or by choosing index mode to see a list of all the available stories and anecdotes. Upon choosing one, such as the story "The Theft of the Mona Lisa" or the anecdote "The Portrait of the Sun King," visitors can watch a short animated tale with audio narration in English about the object in question. Tales of the Museum is appropriate for all ages and features approximately fifty anecdotes - each under one minute long - and five stories ranging in length from two to four minutes.
  
  Robert C. Ross
  October 2018