History of Paris in Painting

Author Georges Duby and Guy Lobrichon

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A sumptuous artistic tribute to the city of lights, this hardcover, slipcased volume brings Paris to life in paintings that range from the medieval to the modern.

“Paris is a moveable feast,” Ernest Hemingway once proclaimed. The city of lights, or the city of love, Paris is indeed a feast for the senses. Paris’s rich history has been justly captured by the many artists sheltered by its garrets and supported by its patrons for centuries.

Finally the story and grandeur of this beautiful city are revealed in this luxurious slipcased volume. The over 300 full-color illustrations, including four breathtaking gatefolds, present Paris from its days as a medieval city on the Ile de la Cité, in the middle of the Seine River,…

$304.00

September 22, 2009

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GEORGES DUBY, was born in Paris in 1919. He was a French historian specializing in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages. He ranks among the most influential medieval historians of the twentieth century and was one of France's most prominent public intellectuals from the 1970s until his death in 1996. He is the author of many distinguished works on French and European history, including William Marshal, The Age of the Cathedrals, The Chivalrous Society, The Three Orders: Feudal Society Imagined, and The Knight, the Lady, and the Priest.