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Painting Love in the Louvre Collections
The National Art Center, Tokyo
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François Boucher, Antoine Watteau, Samuel Van Hoogstraten, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Baron François Gérard, Ary Scheffer et al.
Love is a basic human emotion celebrated in Western art since ancient times. Mythological paintings, based on Greek and Roman myth, and genre paintings of real people in everyday life depicted the passions, desires, and sensual pleasures, as well as the anguish and sorrow, of gods and mortals deeply infatuated with someone special. In religious paintings, God’s expression of unconditional love for humanity and humanity’s love for God were symbolically expressed through subjects such as the Holy Family, the crucifixion of Jesus, and the martyrdom of the Saints.
This exhibition will show how Western artists have portrayed love in its many forms through 74 paintings carefully selected from the vast collections of the Musée du Louvre. We invite you on a tour of passionate expressions of love from the 16th century to the mid-19th century by some of Europe's preeminent painters.
This exhibition will show how Western artists have portrayed love in its many forms through 74 paintings carefully selected from the vast collections of the Musée du Louvre. We invite you on a tour of passionate expressions of love from the 16th century to the mid-19th century by some of Europe's preeminent painters.
Schedule | Mar 1 (Wed) 2023-Jun 12 (Mon) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥2100; University Students ¥1400; High School Students ¥1000; Junior High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.nact.jp/english/exhibitions/2022/love_louvre/ | ||||
| Venue | The National Art Center, Tokyo http://www.nact.jp/english/ | ||||
| Location | 7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8558 | ||||
| Access | Direct walk from exit 6 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line, 4 minute walk from exit 7 at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya or Toei Oedo line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5777-8600 | ||||
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