| International Standard Book Number |
9781324021414 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781324021407 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1324021403 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Sciolino, Elaine, author.
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| Title Statement |
Adventures in the Louvre : how to fall in love with the world's greatest museum / Elaine Sciolino.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-356) and index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world, attracting millions of visitors every year with its masterpieces. In Adventures in the Louvre, Elaine Sciolino immerses herself in this magical space and helps us fall in love with what was once a forbidding fortress. Exploring galleries, basements, rooftops, and gardens, Sciolino demystifies the Louvre, introducing us to her favorite artworks, both legendary and overlooked, and to the people who are the museum's lifeblood: the curators, the artisans producing frames and engravings, the builders overseeing restorations, the firefighters protecting the aging structure. Blending investigative journalism, travelogue, history, and memoir, Sciolino walks her readers through the museum's front gates and immerses them in its irresistible, engrossing world of beauty and culture. Adventures in the Louvre reveals the secrets of this grand monument of Paris and basks in its timeless, seductive power. -- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
Musee du Louvre.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
Musee du Louvre History.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
Musee du Louvre. Laboratoire.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Art museums.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Art museum curators.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Art Conservation and restoration.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Paris (France) History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Jardin des Tuileries (Paris, France)
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