Treasures of the Musee D'Orsay (Tiny Folio) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789204088 ISBN 13: 9780789204080

Publisher: Abbeville Press, 1997

Synopsis

This volume explores the Musee d'Orsay's collection of 19th-century art. It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, decorative arts, architecture and photography. Manet's Luncheon on the Grass and Van Gogh's Dr. Gahet are two of the paintings in the collection.

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Review:

The Musee D'Orsay in Paris, formerly a grand train station, houses one of the world's finest collections of 19th-century art. Opened as a museum in 1986, its constant flow of traffic is a testament to a worldwide love affair with impressionist art. While the museum contains an extensive collection of drawings, sculpture, decorative arts, architecture, and photography from 1848-1914, its true pride is its collection of paintings. Flip through pages of work by some of history's most celebrated artists: Ingres, Delacroix, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Rodin, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec. While the bulk of the 240 color illustrations are devoted to paintings, a fine selection of the museum's entire collection is reproduced here.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0789204088
• ISBN 13: 9780789204080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320