La médaille en France aux XIXe et XXe siècles
Subtitle: au creux de la main
By: [sous la direction de Édouard Papet & Catherine Chevillot]
Contributors: Bibliothèque nationale de France; Cabinet des monnaies et médailles (Marseille, France); Musée de la monnaie (France); Musée des beaux-arts (Lyon, France); Musée d'Orsay; Lille (France). Musée des beaux-arts; Musée du Petit Palais (Paris, France)
Publisher: Flammarion; Musée d'Orsay
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9782081290792
Subjects: French Medals; Exhibitions; Medals; History
Other titles: Au creux de la main; Médaille en France aux 19e et 20e siècles; Médaille en France aux dix-neuvième et vingtième siècles
Description: Like sculpture, the medal has been adversely affected by the long disenchantment with the art of the nineteenth century and disappeared from the public view. However, far from being confined to codified formulas as pious medal or coins, these medals deliver an extraordinarily rich and diverse vision of society in the nineteenth century. They record the memory of all aspects of private and public life, small and great stories, birthdays, scientific inventions, and international politics: a kaleidoscope of history. Seven institutions that play a special role in the development, dissemination and preservation of these works (the Cabinet des médailles de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Monnaie de Paris, the Petit Palais, the Cabinet des monnaies et médailles de Marseille, the Palais des beaux-arts de Lille, the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon and the Musée d'Orsay) today combine to spotlight masterpieces in their respective collections.
Notes: Published on the occasion of exhibitions held in various institutions in France: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris ; Cabinet des monnaies et médailles, Marseille ; Monnaie de Paris, France ; Musée des beaux-arts, Lyon ; Musée d'Orsay, Paris ; Palais des beaux-arts, Lille ; Petit-Palais, Paris.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-183) and index.