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Resulting from transatlantic collaboration, this catalogue accompanies a traveling 2012-14 exhibition organized by the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), the Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio), and the Portland Museum of Art (Oregon), with assistance from the Louvre and Carnavalet Museums, both in Paris. In addition to a large selection of paintings, prints, and photographs related to the Tuileries gardens adjacent to the Louvre in Paris, the volume includes essays on the history of the garden from its founding by Marie de' Medici in the 16th century to its 19th-century transformation into a public park. Sarah Kennel (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC) considers the garden, its sculptures, and the demolished Tuileries Palace as photographic subjects from 1839 through the formative years of the medium up to 1987. The volume concludes with an interview of Henri Loyrette, who, as director of the Louvre between 2001 and 2013, also became responsible for the garden; he relates its integration within the museum's programs. Nicely produced, generously illustrated, and reasonably priced, this catalogue will be a good addition to comprehensive art history and French studies collections. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. M. Nilsen Indiana University South Bend
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