Paris Primitive

Opening Notes
Where to Begin 
 
JACQUES AND JACQUES
The Primal Moment
The President’s Secret Garden
The Passionate Connoisseur
Good-bye, Columbus 
 
MUSEUMS IN THE CITY OF LIGHT
The State of Culture
The Grandest Museum in the World 
 
THE MOVE TO THE LOUVRE
Down with Hierarchy
Getting Started
Cohabitation
In-House Rumblings
A Dream Come True
Artifactual Question Marks 
 
THE ORGAN DONORS
Trouble at the Trocadéro
Resistance Movement
Colonies and Crocodiles
Musical Chairs 
 
AN ANTI-PALACE ON THE SEINE
The Turn to Concrete
Preparing the Transplants
Behind the Hairy Wall
Glass, Gardens, and Aborigines
A River Runs Through It
Art of Darkness
 
Epilogue: Cultures in Dialogue? 
 
BACK MATTER
An American in Paris
Contributing Voices
Notes
Bibliography