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When @Robotswithpersonality posted their review of this manga I went searching in my kindle since I had a vague memory of purchasing this. Lo and behold there it was in my library. I enjoyed this one and the art. I now wish I had sprung for the physical copy so I could have given the art the admiration is deserves.

Spectacular. Certainly took some darker turns with more pathos than I initially anticipated, but the fantastical elements are gorgeously rendered and truly imaginative.
I'm usually a big grump about illustrated works in black and white/gray scale, but this was beautiful even without colour. To think I found out about it because of an ad in the back of a The Way of the Househusband manga! 1/?

In love with this book's spine.

I just don't appreciate satire the way it deserves to be appreciated. This had a lot of intruiging and funny moments, and I loved the jokes on framing and the Mona Lisa, but I just didn't enjoy this Louvre comic that much. #Comic #Louvre

I can‘t decide if I am intrigued by this absurd comic poking fun at museums, art academia, and itself, or if I hate it. Either way, this discussion about literal framed art devolving into such simple frames that the curator imagines art presented as sequences (that look familiar to any comic reader) is killing me 😆

I didn't enjoy this as much as the first Louvre comic I read, but it was intriguing enough. The ending wasn't particularly satisfying because it didn't really answer any of the mysteries it set up. It just kind of ended on a vague note that I'm sure many readers will enjoy the artistry of, but I was waiting to find a connection with the characters in some ending revelation and it never came. #Comic #Louvre

A thoroughly gorgeous work of art. I loved seeing all of the illustrations of the Louvre and its art as the main character made his way through art history, especially exploring Japanese art history. I learned quite a bit from this book, including that the Louvre's art was evacuated ahead of the Nazi invasion of France. #Art #History #Manga

By absolute coincidence, this is the second manga I've read this month (this week, even!) that has the Louvre in it!
#Manga #Art #France #Louvre

The details in this manga are mind-blowing and stunning!

Part of a series of graphic novels commissioned by the Louvre, this manga tells the tale of a Japanese artist visiting Paris who enters the feverish dream-space where art & his unconscious mind meet. The episodic nature of the book highlights individual artists displayed in the Louvre, & the chapters cover the Japanese links to Camille Corot & Van Gogh, for example, while another deals with the transportation+preservation of artwork ahead of WWII.