| Description |
589 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Painting in the ancient Orient / Elisabeth Fontan -- The 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 -- The paintings of ancient Egypt / Christiane 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 / Delphine Trebosc -- Spanish paintings / Delphine Trebosc -- Flemish and Dutch paintings / Delphine Trebosc -- Germanic paintings and other northern schools / Delphine Trebosc -- British paintings / Delphine Trebosc -- Colour and paper / Jean-Francois Mejanes -- French school / Jean-Francois Mejanes, Arlette Serullaz, Madeleine Pinault Sorensen and Dominique Cordellier -- Italian school / Jean-Francois Mejanes, Dominique Cordellier, Lizzie Boubli and Louis Frank -- Northern school / Dominique Cordellier, Madeleine Pinault-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 -- The Middle Ages / Marie Cecile Bardoz and Danielle Gaborit-Chopin -- The Renaissance / Sophie Baratte -- The seventeenth century / Philippe Malgouyres -- The eighteenth century / Marie Laure de Rochebrune and Frederic Dassas -- The nineteenth century / Anne Dion-Tenenbaum |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Louvre (Paris, France) -- Catalogs.
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Louvre (Paris, France)
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Musée du Louvre. Département des peintures -- Catalogs.
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Painting -- France -- Paris -- Catalogs.
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Painting -- France -- Paris -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs.
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Painting -- France -- Paris.
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs.
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Illustrated works.
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| Author |
Lessing, Erich.
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Pomarède, Vincent.
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Trébosc, Delphine.
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Musée du Louvre. Département des peintures.
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| ISBN |
887439277X (hbk.) |
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9788874392773 (hbk.) |
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