1001 paintings of the Louvre : from antiquity to the nineteenth century / edited by Vincent Pomarède, Delphine Trebosc ; photographys, Erich Lessing.

Contributor Pomarède, Vincent.

Imprint:Paris : Musee du Louvre Editions ; Milan : Continents, 2005.

Description589 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Note:Includes indexes.

Note:Painting in the ancient Orient / Elisabeth Fontan -- Paintings of the Palace of Mari / Francoise Demange -- Tell Ahmar, formerly Til Barsip / Elisabeth Fontan -- Dura Europos / Elisabeth Fontan -- Painted Stelac from Sidon / Sophie Cluzan -- Paintings of ancient Egypt / Christine Ziegler -- Pharaonic Egypt / Sophie Labbe Toutee -- Roman Egypt / Roberta Cortopassi -- Coptic Egypt --/ Dominique Benazeth -- Antique Greek painting / Sophie Descamps-Lequime -- Antique Roman painting / Daniel Roger -- Islamic arts / Francis Richard -- French paintings / Delphine Trebosc -- Italian paintings / Irene Trebosc -- Spanish paintings / Delphine Trebosc -- Flemish and Dutch paintings / Delphine Trebosc -- Germanic painting and other northerm schools / Delphine Trebosc -- British paintings / Delphine Trebosc -- Colour and paper / Jean-Francois Mejanes -- French school / Jean-Francois Mejanes, Arlette Serullaz, Madeline Pinault Sorensen and Dominique Cordellier -- Italian school / Jean-Francois Mejanes, Dominique Cordellier, Lizzie Boubli and Louis Frank -- Northern school / Dominique Cordellier, Madeline Pinalt-Sorensen and Jean-Francois Mejanes -- English school / Dominique Cordellier and Jean-Francois Mejanes -- Swiss school / Jean-Francois Mejanes -- Painting and the decorative arts / Marc Bascou -- Middle ages Marie Cecile Bardoz and Danielle Gaborit-Chopin -- Rennaissance / Sophie Baratte -- Seventeenth century / Philloppe Malgouyres -- Eighteenth century / Marie Laure de Rochebrune and Fredericc Dassas -- Nineteenth century/ Anne Dion-Tenenbaum.

Note:"Covering a period of production that spans from antiquity to the nineteenth century, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the varied forms of artistic expression involving the use of coloured pigments by presenting over 1,000 works held in the Musee du Louvre that can be defined as "paintings' of some kind." --Book jacket.

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