The Louvre Museum houses many of the world''s most celebrated and important art of all time -- from da Vinci''s Mona Lisa to Vermeer''s The Lacemaker -- making it also the most visited art museum in the world. The Louvre: All the Paintings allows you to experience every painting currently on display in the permanent collection in Paris, without ever having to step on a plane.
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 paintings are then presented chronologically by the artists'' 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 Pomar- on the key attributes of the work, what to look for when viewing, the artist''s inspirations and techniques, biographical information on the artist, the artist''s overall impact on history, and m
