Louvre

2007-11-22T12:30:00.000-08:00

Louvre

2007-11-20T07:06:00.000-08:00

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Prints and Drawings
from 10-18-2007 to 01-14-2008
French Drawings from the Darmstadt Museum
Through the drawings collection of Darmstadt's Museum, the exhibition offers an anthology of the finest pieces of "Ecole Française", epitomized by Callot, Le Brun, Poussin , Watteau, Boissieu, from the early beginnings of classical ideal to its 18th century accomplishment.
This exhibition starts the Louvre's presentation of French drawings coming from foreign museums.
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Curator(s) : Dominique Cordellier, Chief curator, and Federica Mancini, Department of Prints and Drawings, Musée du Louvre.

Louvre

2007-11-20T07:00:00.000-08:00

Decorative Arts
from 10-18-2007 to 01-14-2008
Biedermeier, from Craftsmanship to Design
Vienna and Prague, 1815–30
An aesthetic trend descended from neoclassicism, the Biedermeier style developed in central Europe between 1815 and 1848, the period of peace following the Napoleonic Wars. The Biedermeier style was highly original, at once simple and full of imagination.

An invitation to a journey through political, social and cultural history, the Biedermeier style perfectly embodies the values of a new art of living between 1815 and 1848. The term
“Biedermeier” was derived from the name of a fictional character introduced to readers of a Munich satirical weekly in the 1840s. This everyman, Weiland Gottlieb Biedermaier (the
original spelling) by name, was the embodiment of the model citizen, leading an uneventful and comfortable existence, more concerned with his family and his own naïve attempts at poetry than politics. A nostalgic take on this way of life prevalent in Central Europe in the 19th century, Biedermeier came to describe a style that was cozy and stolid.

The aim of this exhibition is to underscore the singularity of this movement as a harbinger of many aspects of modern aesthetics, including the age of industrial design. The objects presented include furniture, silver, crystal and porcelain pieces, wallpapers and textile samples, together with depictions of interiors, botanical studies and a few paintings. The presentation of these furnishings and objects invites the visitor to consider them under a new light, as original creations notable for their shapes, surfaces and dimensions.

Curator(s) : Marc Bascou, chief curator, Department of Decorative Arts, Musée du Louvre, assisted by Béatrice Coullaré.

Louvre

2007-11-20T06:58:00.000-08:00

Islamic Art
from 10-05-2007 to 01-07-2008
The Song of the World
The Art of Safavid Iran, 1501–1736

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With a sumptuous array of works, this exhibition outlines the evolution of art in Iran under the Safavid Dynasty (1501–1736). Visual arts are inextricably linked to the written word in Iranian culture, and the ultimate theme remains the greatness of the world, a divine creation.
This relationship, which is evident in both painting and decorative arts, whose motifs translate literary metaphors, intensified during the Safavid period. Often misunderstood, Iranian art may give the impression of being devoted to decoration alone. All the details, however, are steeped in meaning. The key to their interpretation is found in Persian literature.
The pre-Islamic past is omnipresent in this ancient 4,000-year-old civilization.
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Curator(s) : Assadulah Souren Melikian-Chirvani, directeur de recherche au CNRS (émérite) est historien de la culture iranienne.

Louvre

2007-11-20T06:54:00.000-08:00

The World of Museums
Wednesday, October 17 2007
de 18h30 à 20h30
La collection Aga Khan et son destin public

Table ronde en liaison avec l’exposition « Chefs-d’œuvre islamiques de l’Aga Khan Museum »
Avec la participation de :
Fumihiko Maki, architecte, Maki and Associates, Tokyo
Luis Monreal, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Genève
Sophie Makariou, musée du Louvre

Suivie d’une allocution de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan
L’exposition du Louvre rassemble une sélection de chefs d’œuvre de l’Aga Khan Museum qui ouvrira ses portes à Toronto en 2011 pour présenter l’histoire et l’évolution des arts et des cultures de l’Islam à un public large, d’appartenances religieuses, culturelles et sociales diverses. Conçu par l’architecte japonais Fumihiko Maki, il sera construit en pendant au nouveau Centre ismaélien confié à l’architecte indien Charles Correa. Situés au sein d’un vaste parc paysager, ces deux édifices, séculier et sacré, seront reliés par un jardin islamique traditionnel (chahar-bagh), revu dans un esprit contemporain par l’architecte paysagiste libanais Vladimir Djurovic.
Le bâtiment du musée s’organisera autour d’une cour centrale à ciel ouvert pour qu’à toute heure du jour, la lumière du soleil se reflète sur les façades de marbre blanc et pénètre les espaces d’exposition. Ce projet architectural et muséographique, nourri par une réflexion sur la valeur symbolique et spirituelle de la lumière, consacre la vocation humaniste de la collection Aga Khan d’art islamique.
Une table ronde réunissant les principaux acteurs de ce projet revient sur les enjeux de la présentation au public de cette collection exceptionnelle.