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Title:
Mona Lisa and the others
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Alice Harman ; illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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Publication Information:
London, UK ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2023.
Physical Description:
95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
ISBN:
9780500652749
General Note:
Includes index.
Abstract:
"In this humorous walk through te Louvre in Paris, you'll meet the subjects of 30 iconic artworks whose stories are equally as intriguing as the Mona Lisa's. From the Venus de Milo and Egypt's Great Sphinx to Vermeer's Lacemaker, they all have something to say."-- Page 4 of cover.
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Mona Lisa & the others
Contents:
Mona Lisa -- Portrait of an unknown woman -- Venus de Milo -- Self-portrait at the easel -- Winged human-headed bulls -- The cheat with the ace of diamonds -- Sceptre of Charles V ("The Charlemagne Sceptre") -- The wedding feast at Cana -- The ray -- The Valpinçon bather -- The carousing couple -- Stela of Nefertiabet -- Liberty leading the people -- Milo of Croton -- The seated scribe -- The dream of happiness -- The Marly horses -- The raft of the Medusa -- Monzon lion -- The lacemaker -- Sarcophagus of the spouses -- Cleopatra disembarking at Tarsus -- Summer -- The winged victory of Samothrace -- Pierrot -- The consecration of the Emperor Napoleon -- Statue of Ebih-Il -- Self-portrait with her daughter Julie -- The club foot -- The reader -- The great Sphinx of Tanis -- The Lourve.
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