Montaine Dumont

Hi ! Graduated from the Ecole du Louvre in Art History, I'm studying Heritage and Museums at the University Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne. Art became the center of my life through my studies but I also love to practice it, especially drawing and photography, my favorite hobbies.I hope you will enjoy reading my articles on DailyArt Magazine !

Stories By Montaine Dumont

21st century

Vanishing Pyramid: JR’s Art at the Louvre Museum
By Montaine DumontAugust 23, 2021
In 2016, the urban photographer “JR” decided to visually remove the famous pyramid known as the modern symbol of the Louvre. Three years later, he expands on the very same by revealing fantasized foundations. Let’s have...
20th century

Djibril Diop Mambéty – The Poet of African Cinema
By Montaine DumontAugust 5, 2021
“It is good for the future of cinema that Africa exists.” Born on January 23rd, 1945, in Colobane, a small town south-west of Dakar, Djibril Diop Mambéty remains one of the most recognized African filmmakers of...
Artist

On the Tracks of the Gunter Demnig’s Stumbling Stones
By Montaine DumontJuly 9, 2021
“There must be a Jew buried here” – this was a phrase commonly uttered by some Germans before World War II, when they stumbled over a stone in the German capital. It speaks volumes about the...
dailyart

Masterpiece of the Week: Cupid & Psyche by Antonio Canova
By Montaine DumontMay 16, 2021
A true gem of virtuosity, Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss is a marble scupture made between 1787 and 1793 by Antonio Canova. The sculptor portrayed the loving embrace of two major characters from Greek mythology: Love,...
Artist

Michelangelo’s Pieta: An Ode to the Sublime
By Montaine DumontFebruary 23, 2021
The Pietà – or Virgin of Pity – is the representation of the Blessed Virgin holding her divine son on her knees. This iconic type entered Italy after having spread to France and in Germany from...
Ancient

The Bust of Nefertiti: Ancient Masterpiece or Genius Hoax?
By Montaine DumontNovember 20, 2020
On December 6, 1912, a team of excavators from the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, led by Ludwig Borchardt, unearthed a wonderful work of art. They found the bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti in the workshop of Thutmes,...
dailyart

The Lost Portrait of Henry VIII: Art in Service of Power
By Montaine DumontOctober 16, 2020
Posing proudly in front of the fascinated spectator, a monarch fixes us with his majestic gaze. Perhaps you recognized the best known portrait of Henry VIII, by this simple description, but which painting are we talking...
20th century

Micha Ullman’s Empty Library: An Ode to Culture
By Montaine DumontSeptember 14, 2020
A symbol of education in the city of Berlin, the Bebelplatz Square was chosen on May 10, 1933 by Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Education and Propaganda of the Nazi government, to carry out the infamous autodafé....