LUMIERES DE L'ISLAM (LES)

of LADOUCETTE Patrick

FRANCE, 2012, 00:50:12

Production : LES FILMS D'ICI, MUSEE DU LOUVRE
Collection : Musée du Louvre
Genre : Documentary
Keyword : Society, Louvre Museum, Art, Islamic art

Summary :
In 2006 starts, in the cour Visconti, the building of the space of the new Department of Islam Arts, the future case of one of the finest collections in the world, bringing together those of the Louvre and the Decorative Arts ... September 2012, we are a few days before the inauguration and the opening to the public ... Going back in time, this film offers the viewer to follow day to day the team of the Department of Islam Arts throughout the six years of work, construction, thoughts, surveys, restorations.Guided by Sophie Makariou, director of the department, the viewer is immersed in the heart of the issues raised by such an undertaking ... It is alongside the team, in the privacy of their questions, their doubts, their difficulties in managing a project unique in the world ... He is the witness of the colossal works which raise the veil of air mesh designed by Mario Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti. Privileged witness of the birth of the new Department of Islam Arts at the Louvre, he accompanies a quite exceptional event, 20 years after the creation of the Pyramid

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