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Ivoires

Ivoires

Manon Potvin
It is rare for a material and its art to be so fused that they are designated by the same word. That is the privilege...
Porphyre

Porphyre

Les secrets de la pierre pourpre

Manon Potvin
What do a queen’s torso, columns, an eagle and a gueridon in the different departments of the Louvre have in...

Les conventions plastiques de l’art égyptien

Les conventions plastiques de l’art égyptien

Au temps des pharaons

Collective work
For thousands of years, the artists of Ancient Egypt expressed themselves through specific forms of representation,...
La fidélité au réel

La fidélité au réel

Dans la peinture italienne du XIIIe au XVe siècle

Collective work
In the 13th century, Italy started to experience a movement of paramount importance: gradually abandoning the canons of...

Chardin

Chardin

Manon Potvin
This booklet touches on the three preferred genres of painter Chardin: still-lifes, war scenes and his pastel...
Les matériaux de l’art

Les matériaux de l’art

À propos des arts précieux du Moyen Âge

Collective work
The materials and form of a work of art are often inseparable. The connection is made apparent by decorative artists...

La sculpture sous tous ses angles

La sculpture sous tous ses angles

Collective work
This booklet aims to grasp the specific nature of sculpture as an art that has the advantage of giving an intense...
L’Image fragmentée

L’Image fragmentée

La mosaïque depuis l’Antiquité romaine

Collective work
Through the Roman mosaics exhibited at the Louvre, this booklet introduces the reader to an original and complex form...