An historic publishing event! Endorsed by the Louvre & for the first time ever every painting from the world's most popular museum is available in one stunning book All 3022 paintings on display in the permanent painting collection of the Louvre are presented in full color in this striking slipcased book Comes with an enclosed supportive DVD-ROMThe Louvre is the world's most visited art museum with 85 million visitors annually & houses the most celebrated & important paintings of all time For the first time ever The Louvre All the Paintings collects all 3022 paintings currently on display in the permanent collection in one beautifully curated volume Organized & divided into the four main painting collections of the museum- the Italian School the Northern School the Spanish School & the French School- the paintings are then presented chronologically by the artist's date of birth Four hundred of the most iconic & significant paintings are illuminated with 300-word discussions by art historians Anja Grebe & Vincent Pomarede on the key attributes of the work what to look for when viewing the painting the artist's inspirations & techniques biographical information on the artist the artist's impact on the history of art & more All 3022 paintings are fully annotated with the name of the painting & artist the date of the work the birth & death dates of the artist the medium that was used the size of the painting the Louvre catalog number & the room in the Louvre in which the painting is found The DVD-ROM is easily browsable by artist date school art historical genre or location in the Louvre This last feature allows readers to tour the Louvre & its contents room by room as if they were actually walking through the building DVD-ROM System Requirements DVD-ROM runs on a PC (Windows 2000XP or later) & MAC (OSX 1048 or later) running the following browser software Internet Explorer 7 or 8; Firefox 36 & above; or Safari 50 & above