An historic publishing event Endorsed by the Louvre and for the
first time ever, every painting from the world's most popular
museum is available in one stunning book. All 3,022 paintings on
display in the permanent painting collection of the Louvre are
presented in full color in this striking, slipcased book. Comes
with an enclosed, supportive DVD-ROM.The Louvre is the world's most
visited art museum, with 8.5 million visitors annually, and houses
the most celebrated and important paintings of all time. For the
first time ever, "The Louvre: All the Paintings" collects all 3,022
paintings currently on display in the permanent collection in one
beautifully curated volume.Organized and divided into the four main
painting collections of the museum-- the Italian School, the
Northern School, the Spanish School, and the French School-- the
paintings are then presented chronologically by the artist's date
of birth.Four hundred of the most iconic and significant paintings
are illuminated with 300-word discussions by art historians Anja
Grebe and Vincent Pomarede on the key attributes of the work, what
to look for when viewing the painting, the artist's inspirations
and techniques, biographical information on the artist, the
artist's impact on the history of art, and more.All 3,022 paintings
are fully annotated with the name of the painting and artist, the
date of the work, the birth and death dates of the artist, the
medium that was used, the size of the painting, the Louvre catalog
number, and the room in the Louvre in which the painting is
found.The DVD-ROM is easily browsable by artist, date, school, art
historical genre, or location in the Louvre. This last feature
allows readers to tour the Louvre and its contents room by room, as
if they were actually walking through the building.DVD-ROM System
Requirements: DVD-ROM runs on a PC (Windows 2000/XP or later) and
MAC (OSX 10.4.8 or later) running the following browser software
Internet Explorer 7 or 8; Firefox 3.6 and above; or Safari 5.0 and
above.
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