Journeys through the Louvre Abu Dhabi
Title:
Journeys through the Louvre Abu Dhabi
Author:
Fontanel, Béatrice.
Wolfromm, Daniel.
Brutton, Flo.
ISBN:
9781419752834
Uniform Title:
Voyages au Louvre Abu Dhabi. English
Publication Information:
New York : Abrams, 2020.
Physical Description:
96 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm
General Note:
Translation of: Voyages au Louvre Abu Dhabi.
Abstract:
An exploration of artworks at Louvre Abu Dhabi highlighting the work of fearless explorers of past centuries outside of Europe. Designed to take the reader on a long journey around the world, this large-size album embarks on a tour to the heart of one the world's most beautiful museums, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, a major art museum with a universal calling. The book travels across civilizations through the prism of a hundred of the museum's most beautiful and stunning works of art, a tribute to humanity's artistic creation, from prehistoric times to the present day. The collection shines a spotlight on the works of Arab physicians and mathematicians, African blacksmiths, Chinese ceramists, and many others--proving that in spite of wars and age-old rivalries, civilizations have always mingled and become enriched as a result.
Corporate Subject:
Subject:
| Art museums -- United Arab Emirates -- Abū Ẓaby -- Juvenile literature. |
| Art appreciation -- Juvenile literature. |
| Art museums -- Juvenile literature. |
| Louvre Abu Dhabi -- Juvenile literature. |
Summary:
An exploration of artworks at Louvre Abu Dhabi highlighting the work of fearless explorers of past centuries outside of Europe. Designed to take the reader on a long journey around the world, this large-size album embarks on a tour to the heart of one the world's most beautiful museums, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, a major art museum with a universal calling. The book travels across civilizations through the prism of a hundred of the museum's most beautiful and stunning works of art, a tribute to humanity's artistic creation, from prehistoric times to the present day. The collection shines a spotlight on the works of Arab physicians and mathematicians, African blacksmiths, Chinese ceramists, and many others--proving that in spite of wars and age-old rivalries, civilizations have always mingled and become enriched as a result.