Musee d'Orsay - Pocket Guide Author:Claire Barbillon, Joelle Bolloch, Stepane Guegan, Nicole Hodcent, Francoise Le Coz, Laurence Madeline, Jerome Picon, Anne Pingeot, Nicole Savy, Pierre Sesmat This is a useful small guidebook for a visit to the Musée d’Orsay. It is a light work of reference to be kept with while viewing the various masterpieces. Includes index and floorplans of the museum. — There is a clear short entry for each of these works, aimed at helping to improve your understanding of and way of ... more »looking at them. The fact that Daumier sculpted parliamentarians from memory after having observed them during sittings in the House, that Bazille pained under the harsh light of Montpellier, or that Camille Claudel represented her personal love and suffering in L'Age Mûr (Middle Age) is relevant for the understanding of their art: information concerning the artists and their work is included here, but limited to the essential facts. Remarks concerning iconographical or artistic details to some particular aspect of the piece itself have also been included. « less