2007 | 2008
Greek Masterpieces from the Louvre
This exhibition—of an exceptional breadth—brought together 130 Greek art objects, allowing visitors to see pieces from the Musée du Louvre which had never been seen outside its walls since they entered its collections. Focusing on Athens, the exhibition emphasized a particularity of Greek culture, the enhancement of the spirit of competition, giving rise to the development of three specific cultural practices: sport, banqueting and theatre.
These masterpieces of sculpture (marble, bronze, terracotta), ceramics (painted vases) and metal work, offered a veritable panorama of Greek civilization at its political and artistic apogee, in what is known as the Classical period, 5th and 6th centuries BC.
Exhibition organized by the Musée du Louvre,
curated by Jean-Luc Martinez, Head Curator
at the Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities, Musée du Louvre
Chargée de mission by the Musée du Louvre (research and negociations with partner museums, itineraries): Cécile Léon
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