Guide to the Musee D'Orsay

Mathieu, Caroline

Arts & Photography

Univ of Washington Pr

Situated in the heart of Paris, the Musee d'Orsay boasts the greatest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world, a collection unparalleled in its diversity and quality. Since its spectacular opening in 1986 in a renovated train station, the museum has welcomed more than 50 million visitors to view works by Bouguereau, Courbet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Redon, Whistler, Gauguin and other artists of the mid-19th century to the early 20th century. In this deluxe, large-format volume, the Musee d'Orsay's director, Serge Lemoine, and his team of curators and specialists examine the museum's holdings and the history surrounding them, ranging from the primacy of academic painting through the shock of Impressionism to the rise of modern art. Included are many seminal works of the period, including Whistler's Mother, Manet's The Balcony, Cezanne's Apples and Oranges, Monet's Blue Water Lilies and Van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles. With 830 full-colour illustrations of masterpieces by some of the world's best-loved artists, this is the definitive guide to paintings in one of the world's most popular museums. The exhaustive scope of this book and the richness of its imagery make Paintings in the Musee d'Orsay an essential addition to the bookshelves of all lovers of Impressionism and of great art.

Paintings in the Musee D'Orsay

Lemoine, Serge

Gardners Books

Paris in the Late 19th Century

Bascou, Marc

Heilbrun, Françoise

Kinsman, Jane

Gott, Ted

Weir, Kathryn

Thames&Hudson

Félix Duban (1798-1870): Les couleurs de l'architecte

Reference

COLLECTIFS

Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette

Wittman, Richard

Leniaud, Jean-Michel

Pons, Bruno

Babelon, Jean-Pierre

Bresc-Bautier, Geneviève

Pingeot, Anne

Rose, Francesca

Boudon, Françoise

Middleton, Robin

Thaon, Bernard

Pinon, Pierre

Van Zanten, David

Jacques, Annie

Jacquin, Emmanuel

Forest, Marie-Cécile

Foucart, Bruno

Garleff, Jörn

Gatouillat, Françoise

Langlois, Corinne

Bascon, Marc

Bercé, Françoise

Berdgdoll, Barry

Luynes, Thomas de

Driskel, Michael Paul

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Gallimard]

We hope this guide by Caroline Mathieu, conservator of the Musee d'Orsay, will help you find your bearings, show you the way around the museum's various circuits, and make it easier for you to discover its visual, spiritual and historical wealth. We also devoutly hope that it will inspire you to come back again.

Guide to the Musée d'Orsay

Paris: Minister of Culture

From palace to railway station, railway station to museum, this extraordinary site represents nearly three hundred years of architectural innovation alongside changing social functions. This fascinating pocket-sized book examines how the station's metal framework was adapted over the years to house the celebrated Mus,e d'Orsay today. Both archival documents and photographs are included to evoke the building's previous incarnations, while a wide range of contemporary photographs show its present form to full advantage. But Orsay is not simply an architectural tour it is also the story of the people who contributed to the construction of the space, who transformed it and gave it life, be it as a place, railway station or museum.

Orsay: From a Station to a Museum

Architecture

Éditions Scala

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