Louvre. Art & Architecture - Gabriele Bartz, Eberhard Konig

Travel guide and art book rolled into one. Each volume of the Art & Architecture series is opulently illustrated. The highly readable texts give you concentrated information on accessing well-known and less known sites in the world of art. An image of every piece of art that is described is included, allowing readers to easily recognize the original on-site. Insets on cultural-historical topics and illustrated glossaries, summaries, and timelines supplement the body text -- leaving a deeper, more lasting impression of the material that is covered.