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Société Des Amis Du Louvre
The Société des amis du Louvre ("Society of Friends of the Louvre") is a voluntary association created in 1897 whose objective is to buy objects with an artistic, archeological, or historical value for the Louvre museum. History The Society was created in 1897 by a group of luminaries and philanthropists that included Roland Bonaparte, Isaac de Camondo, Henry Greffulhe, , and Edmond James de Rothschild. Victor Martin Le Roy, the noted art collector, was also one of the founders and directors of the society. Activity The Society has approximately 70000 members. Donations and membership fees allow it to use each year 3 Million euros to acquire art objects. Its donations to the Louvre museum amount to more than 700 items, from which some masterpieces such as the '' Pietà of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon'', the ''Turkish Bath'' by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, and the diadem of Empress Eugénie. Some of the donations are now in the Guimet Museum or the Musée d'Orsay following r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name it represents as in a wordmark. In the days of hot metal typesetting, a logotype was one word cast as a single piece of type (e.g. "The" in ATF Garamond), as opposed to a ligature, which is two or more letters joined, but not forming a word. By extension, the term was also used for a uniquely set and arranged typeface or colophon. At the level of mass communication and in common usage, a company's logo is today often synonymous with its trademark or brand.Wheeler, Alina. ''Designing Brand Identity'' © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (page 4) Etymology Douglas Harper's Online Etymology Dictionary states that the term 'logo' used in 1937 "probably a shortening of logogram". History Numerous inventions and techniques have contributed to the contemporary logo, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
