Orsay by Anne Pingeot
The Musee d'Orsay, displaying art from the second half of the nineteenth century, is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, built by Victor Laloux for the World Fair of 1900. The profuse and constantly changing light, entering via Laloux's large metal vault, means that sculpture has been given pride of place rather than more light-sensitive works. Millions of visitors have surged into the concourse since the museum opened in December 1986, enjoying and perhaps being surprised by works emerging from a long period in purgatory. A considerable quantity of the nineteenth century sculpture had been consigned to museum cellars, government office corridors or other even less salubrious places as a result of changing tastes in the first half of the twentieth century. The museum recreates part of the former Luxembourg collection of nineteenth century works, and recent purchases have been carefully chosen so that visitors can be presented with a complete story of sculpture in the period. This book, alone of its kind, brings together 150 of the Musee d'Orsay's finest works. The objects are grouped together by movement, such as Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Impressionism. In addition, two of the collection's leading lights - Carpeaux and Rodin - are featured individually.
Anne Pingeot, the head curator, played a part in creating the Musee d'Orsay from 1973 when she was a curator at the Sculpture Department of the Louvre. She was the overall organizer of the following exhibitions: La sculpture francaise au xixe siecle, Paris, Grand Palais 1986; Le corps en morceaux, Paris, Musee d'Orsay, Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, 1990; Paris-Bruxelles-Bruxelles-Paris with Robert Hoozee, Paris, Grand Palais, Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 1997. Among her many written works are: Sculptures des jardins du Louvre, du Carrousel et des Tuileries, 1986 with Genevieve Bresc-Bautier, and Degas Sculptures, 1991.
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| ISBN 13 | 9782866563158 |
| ISBN 10 | 2866563158 |
| Title | Orsay |
| Author | Anne Pingeot |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scala Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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