Free discovery of the temporary exhibition «Mille et un Orient»

Name: Découverte libre de l'exposition temporaire « Mille et un Orient »
Start: 2023-09-16T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord (Maap)

«Mille et un Orient» (until December 10) is divided into two universes, offering an invitation to travel. “The Orient of Painters” highlights the West’s fascination with the Orient in the 18th century

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passat

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«Mille et un Orient» (until December 10) is available in 2 universes, offering an invitation to travel. «The East of Painters» highlights the fascination of the West for the East in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. For its part, «Eternal Sleep on the Nile» immerses you in the Egyptian collections of the museum, with the highlight of a mummy, loaned by the Louvre.

À propos du lieu

Musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord (Maap)

22 cours Tourny, 24000 Périgueux

Dordogne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

First museum created in Dordogne in the XIXth century, Maap proposes you an amazing journey in the universe of artistic creation, of Périgord in China via Africa and Oceania (7th collection of France). Prehistoric works (4th collection of France), ancient and medieval reflect the wealth of the history(story) of Périgord. Section Fine Arts, sculptors and French painters are placed next to Italian, Flemish and Spanish artists. Local earthenwares are next(go alongside) to chinas of China and of Japan. The XIXth and XXth room gives a good place to the local artists, sculptors and landscapists. The route(course) ends in the exceptional work sculpted by Etienne Hajdu, unique(only) in France.

Etiquetas

Musée de France, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Lieu de culture, spectacles, sports et loisirs