
The representation of Roma in major European museum collections
Volume 1: The Louvre
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
What do works of art teach us from their period of creation? What do they teach us about human interaction, about social groups?The Council of Europe is a key player in the fight to respect the rights and equal treatment of Roma and Travellers. As such, it implements various actions aimed at combating discrimination: facilitating the access of Roma and Travellers to public services and justice; giving visibility to their history, culture and languages; and ensuring their participation in the different levels of decision making.
Another aspect of the Council of Europe's work is to improve the wider public's understanding of the Roma and their place in Europe. Knowing and understanding Roma and Travellers, their customs, their professions, their history, their migration and the laws affecting them are indispensable elements for interpreting the situation of Roma and Travellers today and understanding the discrimination they face.
This publication focuses on what the works exhibited at the Louvre Museum tell us about the place and perception of Roma in Europe from the15th to the 19th centuries.Students aged 12 to 18, teachers, and any other visitor to the Louvre interested in this theme, will find detailed worksheets on 15 paintings representing Roma and Travellers and a booklet to foster reflection on the works and their context, while creating links with our contemporary perception of Roma and Travellers in today's society.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Preface
- Fact sheet 1. The Glorious Virgin (circa 1485)
- Fact sheet 2. The Great Holy Family (circa 1518)
- Fact sheet 3. The Small Holy Family (circa 1519)
- Fact sheet 4. Moses Saved from the Water (1539)
- Fact sheet 5. The Fortune Teller (circa 1595-1598)
- Fact sheet 6. The Fortune Teller (circa 1626)
- Fact sheet 7. The Fortune Teller (circa 1628)
- Fact sheet 8. Musicians and Drinkers (1625)
- Fact sheet 9. Gypsy Girl (circa 1630)
- Fact sheet 10. Travellers beneath the Ruins (1640-1643)
- Fact sheet 11. Soldiers at Rest (1640-1643)
- Fact sheet 12. Military Regiment Resting with a Fortune Teller (circa 1648-1650)
- Fact sheet 13. Gypsy Camp (17th century)
- Fact sheet 14. Gypsy Wedding Feast (circa 1730-1735)
- Fact sheet 15. Zingara with a Basque Tambourine (circa 1865-1870)
- Appendices – Instructions for using the fact sheets
- Guide to the visit. Roma at the Louvre: A disembodied otherness
- Roma at the Louvre: A disembodied otherness
- The catalogue and photo credits
- Copyright
- Table of contents