Understanding the Relationship Between Art and Memory
Your Access To This Website Has Been Restricted By The Location Owner
The Horses of Saint Mark, which had adorned the basilica of San Marco in Venice after the sack of Constantinople in 1204, had been brought to Paris where they had been placed atop Napoleon’s Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in 1797. Under the Treaty of Tolentino, the two statues of the Nile and Tiber have been taken to Paris from the Vatican in 1797, and had been each stored in the Louvre till 1815. (The Nile was later returned to Rome, whereas the Tiber has remained within Art Galery the Louvre to today.) The despoilment of Italian church buildings and palaces outraged the Italians and their inventive and cultural sensibilities. The upgraded 2013 Louvre information was also announced in a special Nintendo Direct featuring Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto demonstrating it on the museum, and 3DS XLs pre-loaded …
Continue Reading