Crating the musée d'orsay. The politics of culture in France
Editorial THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE U.P.
Mainland Spain
- Publisher THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE U.P.
- ISBN13 9780271017525
- ISBN10 027101752X
- Type Book
- Pages 150
- Published 1997
- Bookbinding Cloth
Sections
Museography / Artistic HeritageCrating the musée d'orsay. The politics of culture in France
Editorial THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE U.P.
Mainland Spain
Book Details
The Gare d'Orsay train station, designed by French architect Victor Laloux, opened in Paris in 1900 to much fanfare. In fact, it was so beautiful that the French painter Eduoard Detaille felt it would be more appropriate as a museum. Eighty-six years later, after a complex and controversial decision-making process, the French government finally transformed the station into the Musee d'Orsay, now one of the most dramatic and popular museums in Paris. This concise book presents the fascinating history of the creation of the Musee d'Orsay and the battles among the prominent politicians, curators, and historians over the architecture, collections, and concept of the museum.