{"product_id":"the-art-and-spirit-of-paris-9781558597600","title":"The Art and Spirit of Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dazzling successor to Abbevilles The Art of Florence  this two-volume tour de force sweeps through the entire history of the arts in Paris  from the Stone Age to the pyramid at the Louvre. Contains Vol 1 and Vol 2  slipcased.  All the arts?painting  sculpture  architecture  urban design  interior design  graphic design  photography  film  fashion  the theater  and opera?have played a role in creating the enduring spirit of Paris. To this day it remains a world center of innovation in art  architecture  and design  and one of the most thoroughly pleasurable of all modern cities.  Assembled under the editorial direction of Michel Laclotte  former director of the Muse du Louvre  and with the participation of outstanding scholars on both sides of the Atlantic  The Art and Spirit of Paris spans more than 6 000 years of cultural history. In two volumes  comprising nine insightful and wide-ranging chapters  and with approximately 1 500 illustrations  the authors chronicle the history of the visual arts in Paris  tracing their evolution and that of the social systems that supported them.  Volume I introduces the Gallo-Roman settlement described by Caesar and unearthed by modern archeologists  literally the foundation of modern Paris. From these beginnings  the book takes the reader up through The Renaissance city and the center of the Enlightenment  illustrated by the masterpieces of painting and the decorative arts that established Paris  by the eighteenth century  as the Western worlds center of the arts.  Volume II begins at 1800  as Napoleon consolidates his power and resolves to make Paris the most beautiful city the world has seen and brings the story of Paris up to the present  examining the remarkable ways Paris has yet again remade herself  as a city of spectacle and guardian of her remarkable past  while remaining a vital center of fashion  theater  and the visual arts.  A lavish selection of photographs  most reproduced in color  complements the lively  informative texts with a revealing mixture of much-loved masterpieces and little-known discoveries. Completing these luxurious volumes are nine photographic portfolios  featuring classic black-and-white pictures  reproduced in duotone  by such masters as Brassa  Henri Cartier-Bresson  Robert Doisneau  and Andr Kertesz  which capture the spirit of Paris in visual essays on such subjects as the Seine  Paris by night  shops and cafs  and the citys streets and boulevards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495954866229,"sku":"ByrdShop_1558597603","price":238.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781558597600.jpg?v=1780904213","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-and-spirit-of-paris-9781558597600","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}