Art treasures in France: monuments, masterpieces, commissions, and collections / Introduced by Germain Bazin. [General editors, Bernard S. Myers and Trewin Copplestone].
176 pages : illustrations (part color), color maps (on lining papers) ; 29 cm
Contents
The art of Prehistoric man -- Celts and Romans in Gaul -- Christian France and the monastic churches -- Church, king and court in the Gothic age -- Princely patrons and the French Renaissance -- Versailles and the age of the Cardinals -- The last years of the monarchy -- The founding of the national museums -- The state and the individual -- Museums and monuments.