First published 2011
Vincent Pomarède presents the complete permanent painting collection of the world's most visited art museum. This comprehensive volume reproduces all 2,981 paintings currently displayed at the Louvre in full color. The author organizes works by the museum's four major schools: Italian, Northern, Spanish, and French. Within each school, paintings appear chronologically by artist birth date. Art historians provide detailed 300-word analyses for 400 of the most significant works, exploring techniques, historical context, and artistic influence. Each painting includes complete documentation: title, artist, creation date, artist lifespan, medium, dimensions, catalog number, and museum location. An accompanying DVD allows digital browsing by artist, date, school, genre, or physical location within the Louvre. This feature enables virtual room-by-room navigation through the museum. The Louvre receives 8.5 million annual visitors and houses celebrated paintings spanning centuries of artistic achievement. This marks the first publication to gather the entire permanent painting collection in a single volume.
Genres: history, art, non-fiction, art-history
Vibes: comprehensive, informative, thought-provoking
Tropes: reference-work
Setting: Louvre, France
Period: 21st-century
784 pages · Hardcover · Black Dog & Leventhal