Status Updates From The Louvre: A Guide to Art

Clay is a noble material with symbolic importance, as it was the material the god Enki*used to create humankind. Thus, writing is as much a spiritual creation as a physical one.

*god of Sumer

In times of peace as in times of war, history has been written by the connections between peoples and civilizations. In its ambition to be a universal museum, in its determination to remain a window onto the world, the Louvre is a book whose pages are continually rewritten, a place to discover and rediscover, finding new enjoyment each time.