The Louvre All the Paintings, Florence the Paintings and Frescoes

 

 

 

This exclusive edition includes beautifully painted edges of The Molo Seen from the Bacino di San Marco by Canaletto.

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Immerse yourself in the wonder and dazzling display of the 3,000 paintings in the permanent collection of the Louvre, all available in one stunning book!

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.

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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, are given a deeper dive with commentary by art historians Anja Grebe and Vincent Pomarede.

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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.

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ISBN: 9798894144924

 

Page Count: 784

 

Measurements: 10.78L x 10.78W x 2.09D; Weight 8.8lbs

 

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This exclusive edition includes beautifully painted edges of Spring by Botticelli.

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The city of Florence is home to dozens of museums and palaces that contain many of the world’s most renowned works of art. Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes is a rich and magnificent collection of thousands of paintings and frescoes that are visited by millions of travelers every year including the art of Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Ghirlandaio, Correggio, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Titian, Rembrandt, van Dyck, El Greco, and hundreds more.

Explore the history of art in Florence through seven essays by Ross King, bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, which connect how the paintings, politics, and every-day lives of Florentines influenced one another. Art historian Anja Grebe, author of The Louvre and The Vatican, also highlights 250 of the most iconic and significant paintings and frescoes in the historic city with details on the attributes of the works, biographical details of the artists, and more.

This spectacular collection of nearly 2,000 paintings and frescoes also includes two removable posters of Florence―one from the Renaissance and one from the present day.

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ISBN: 9798894144924

 

Page Count: 696

 

Measurements: 10.78L x 10.78W x 1.95D; Weight 7.9lbs