Author : Bette Wyn Oliver
Release : 2007
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 610/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From Royal to National by : Bette Wyn Oliver
Download or read book From Royal to National written by Bette Wyn Oliver. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal collections of artworks, books, and manuscripts were transformed into national institutions following the French Revolution in 1789 to serve as visible symbols of the new republic. Scholars, specialists, government officials, and patriots faced vandalism, war, and the Terror to establish great national institutions accessible to the public - the Louvre and the Bibliotheque Nationale - living monuments of French patrimony.