All the Louvre
Subtitle: the Masterpieces, the History of the Palace, the Architecture
Edition: English
Publisher: Beaux Arts/TTM Éditions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9782842789503; 9782842789343
Subjects: Guidebooks; Museums; Musée du Louvre
Work titles: Tout le Louvre. English
Description: All the Louvre in 156 pages, such is the ambition of this exceptional visitor's guide to the world's greatest museum, a unique monument where you can travel through the history of France, understand its architectural history and receive an introduction to art history. The historic events that took place there, portraits of leading figures that frequented it, drawings showing the different periods of its construction, remarkable places that deserve to be admired as much as the artworks, and finally the masterpieces themselves, revealed on a journey through art history: these are the treasures of the Louvre, the palace of kings and art.
Notes: Preface, Henri Loyrette.
Table of contents: title: The great history of the Louvre; title: Architecture; title: A history of art illustrated by 140 masterpieces; title: Tour of 20 remarkable places.