Bibliograph

Mona Lisa and the others, Alice Harman ; illustrated by Quentin Blake

Type

Label

Mona Lisa and the others, Alice Harman ; illustrated by Quentin Blake

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mona Lisa and the others

Responsibility statement

Alice Harman ; illustrated by Quentin Blake

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..

Table Of 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 Valpincon 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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification