Title Mona Lisa and the others / Alice Harman ; illustrated by Quentin Blake.

Imprint	London, UK ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2023.
Publication Info.	©2023

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Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	J708.4361 HAR	Check Shelf
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - New Children's Books	J 759.4 HAR	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department	NEW J 708.4361 HAR	Check Shelf

Description	95 pages : illustrations (color and black and white) ; 29 cm.
Note	Includes glossary and index.
Contents	Mona Lisa -- Portrait of an unknown woman -- Venus de Milo -- Self-portrait at the easel -- Winged human-headed bulls -- The cheat with the ace of diamonds -- Sceptre of Charles V ("The Charlemagne Sceptre") -- The wedding feast at Cana -- The ray -- The Valpinçon bather -- The carousing couple -- Stela of Nefertiabet -- Liberty leading the people -- Milo of Croton -- The seated scribe -- The dream of happiness -- The Marly horses -- The raft of the Medusa -- Monzon lion -- The lacemaker -- Sarcophagus of the spouses -- Cleopatra disembarking at Tarsus -- Summer -- The winged victory of Samothrace -- Pierrot -- The consecration of the Emperor Napoleon -- Statue of Ebih-Il -- Self-portrait with her daughter Julie -- The club foot -- The reader -- The great Sphinx of Tanis -- The Lourve.
Summary	Millions of people visit the Louvre Museum every year to gaze and gawp at its all-star art collection. But there's one star who gets a lot more attention than anyone else - and her very own special queuing system, if you can believe it! Well, the Louvre's many other masterpieces aren't too happy about being overshadowed - and they're here to tell everyone what makes them just as worthy of the Mona Lisa's teeming crowds. With a focus on portraits and other person-centred artworks, Mona Lisa and the Others reveals the stories behind some of the Louver Museum's most famous artworks. Napoleon Bonaparte takes readers behind the scenes at his own coronation; the Venus de Milo explains what happened to her missing arms; the Seated Scribe lets slip some gossip about the ancient Egyptian royal family; and Madame le Brun has a polite moan about juggling the demands of being Marie Antoinette's portrait painter and a working mother. But perhaps most intriguing of all, Mona Lisa reveals that there's more to her portrait than her mysterious smile...
Subject	Musée du Louvre -- Juvenile literature.
	Art -- France -- Paris -- Catalogs -- Juvenile literature.
	Art appreciation -- Juvenile literature.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / General.
	JNF006050.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / Painting.
	Musée du Louvre. (OCoLC)fst00541467
	Art. (OCoLC)fst00815177
	France -- Paris. (OCoLC)fst01205283
Indexed Term	Fine arts
	History of art
Genre/Form	Catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01423692
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Illustrated works.
Added Author	Blake, Quentin, illustrator.
ISBN	9780500652749 (hardback)
	0500652740 (hardback)

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