At the Louvre Abu Dhabi, you won’t find an “Impressionism” wing or “ancient Greek sculptures” hall. Walking into the first of 23 galleries, visitors encounter a statuette of an Egyptian ...

The sculpture is now displayed in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Created by the Greek sculptor Praxiteles in the 4th century BCE, this sculpture depicts the goddess Aphrodite, the embodiment of ...

At the Louvre’s Sculpture Casting Atelier ... The word “chalcography” is of Greek origin—from khalkos, copper, and graphein, to write. Much of France’s collection of plates, engraved ...