15 February 2008 – 4 May 2008

The ’Greek taste’. The birth of Neoclassicism in France, 1750-1775

The 'Greek Taste' exhibition, organised by the Department of Decorative Arts of the Louvre Museum, to be presented at the Royal Palace of Madrid (until January 6, 2008), will open to the public at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on the 15th February 2008, thanks to the excellent long-established cultural relationship between the Foundation and these two institutions.

An exhibition of around one hundred works of art, mainly from the Louvre Museum, associated with some pieces from the Patrimonio Nacional of Spain and from the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum itself, will illustrate 25 years of the History of French Art, dominated by Neoclassicism, and which was to make itself felt all over Europe in the period stretching from the mid-18th Century to the mid-19th Century.

Address

Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
Av. de Berna, 45A
1067-001 Lisboa
phone +35 1 217 82 34 69
http://www.museu.gulbenkian.pt

Opening Hours

Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m., closed on Monday and on the following holidays:
January 1, Easter Sunday, May 1,
and December 25

Description of the Museum

The permanent exhibition galleries are distributed in chronological and geographical order to create two independent circuits within the overall tour.
The first circuit highlights Oriental and Classical Art on display in the Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Mesopotamian, Eastern Islamic, Armenian and Far Eastern Art. The second covers European Art with sections dedicated to the Art of the Book, Sculpture, Painting and the Decorative Arts particularly 18th century French art and the work of René Lalique.
In this circuit a wide-ranging number of pieces reflect various European artistic trends from the beginning of the 11th century to the mid-20th century.
The section begins with work in ivory and illuminated manuscript books, followed by a selection of 15th, 16th and 17th century sculptures and paintings. Renaissance art produced in Flanders, France and Italy is on display in the next room. French 18th century decorative arts have a special place in the museum with outstanding gold and silver objects and furniture, as well as paintings and sculptures. These decorative arts are followed by galleries exhibiting a group of paintings by the Venetian Francesco Guardi, 18th and 19th century English paintings, and finally a superb collection of jewels and glass by René Lalique, displayed in its own room.

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