- New Art Books
- Exhibition catalogue (French)
- Museum's Shop & Gifts
- Bilingual art books and foreign editions
- Enfance et Jeunesse
- Art History
- Painting
- Architecture
- Sculpture
- Drawing & Engraving
- Photography
- Contemporary art
- Decorative Arts & Design
- Art Techniques
- Art Critics
- Entertainment art books
- Civilisations
- Sélection Partenaires
- Festival Normandie impressionniste 2013
The Banque populaire's Cyberplus Payment assure the blue card payment security.
Payment by check
Only for France
Modality reminded during the order.
Cy Twombly, the ceiling. Un plafond pour le Louvre
Cy Twombly is the third contemporary artist, after Anselm Kiefer and François Morellet, to be commissioned for an installation at the Louvre. This ceiling, a monumental work covering over 400 m2, is the astonishing result of a novel approach taken by the artist.


Known for the energetic scrawls on his writing-paintings or for his vivid splashes of color, Cy Twombly chose to adapt himself to, rather than impose himself on, the space, remaining faithful to the zen qualities of detachment, lightness and permanence that permeate his works.
An immense blue sky speckled with floating spheres and inscribed with the names of illustrious Greek sculptors now decorates the ceiling of the Salle des Bronzes Antiques, the prestigious « Great Hall » situated in the oldest part of the palace, Today, over a thousand bronzes and nearly a hundred pieces of jewelry are housed in this room, attesting to the splendor of the Greek, Italic and Roman cultures that flourished from the ninth century BC to the sixth century AD.
Artist : Cy Twombly (né en 1928)
Dimensions : 253 x 180
Technique(s) : Illustrations couleurs
Editor : Regard
Release date : 19/03/2010
Number of pages : 71
Weight : 0.536 kg
Format : Ouvrage broché
Language : Français / Anglais










