Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

The Louvre : all the paintings / preface by Henri Loyrette ; photography by Erich Lessing ; edited and introductions by Vincent Pomarède ; text by Anja Grebe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal : Distributed by Workman Pub., c2011.Description: xvi, 766 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 1579128866
  • 9781579128869
Subject(s):
Contents:
Preface / by Henri Loyrette -- Introduction / by Vincent Pomarède -- Painting galleries of the Louvre -- The Italian school -- The northern schools -- The French school -- The Spanish school.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Oversize 708.4 L895 Available 33111006645275
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Immerse yourself in the wonder and dazzling display of 3,000 paintings in the permanent collection of the Louvre with this stunning slipcased edition of the New York Times bestselling book The Louvre: All the Paintings .



The Louvre is the most famous museum in the world. With 8.5 million visitors every year, the Louvre houses and displays many of the most celebrated and important paintings of all time. Every painting on exhibit in the permanent collection, a total of 3,022 works in all, is included in this groundbreaking book.



Divided and organized into the four main painting collections of the museum--the Italian School, the Northern School, the Spanish School, and the French School--the book includes works by well-known masters like Giotto, Fra Angelico, Ghirlandaio, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Caravaggio, Van Eyck, Breughel, Memling, Holbein, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Vermeer, David, Delacroix, La Tour, Fragonard, Gericault, Ingres, Poussin, El Greco, Goya, Velasquez and many more. Four hundred of the most important paintings including the Mona Lisa and Liberty Leading the People , is given a deeper dive with commentary by art historians Anja Grebe and Vincent Pomarede.



Learn more about each artist and painting, and tour the realms of sensational masterpieces of the Louvre without ever having to leave the comfort of your home.

Includes indexes.

Preface / by Henri Loyrette -- Introduction / by Vincent Pomarède -- Painting galleries of the Louvre -- The Italian school -- The northern schools -- The French school -- The Spanish school.

System requirements for accompanying DVD-ROM: PC (Windows 2000/XP or later; or, MAC (OSX 10.4.8 or later); and running the following browser Internet Explorer 7 or 8; Firefox 3.6 and above; or, Safari 5.0 and above.

Powered by Koha