Treasures of the Louvre

With superb reproductions of over 400 of the museum's most renowned masterpieces, this glorious volume provides a grand tour of the Louvre's unparalleled collection. Featuring priceless treasures from all seven departments-Oriental Antiquities, Egyptian Antiquities, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities, and the four ''modern'' departments of painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and drawing-the book spans Western art from the height of the Middle Ages to the mid-nineteenth century, highlighting the extraordinary range of artistic traditions that have found their place in this museum.