The big pictures, paintings in Paris : Musée du Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Centre Pompidou-Musée nationale d'art moderne

Three great Paris museums between the covers of a single book. The 240 masterpieces of painting gathered here offer an unparalleled panoramic overview of the richness of the French national collections.

Designed as a beginner's course in painting, the text compares and contrasts works from all periods and countries.

Additional material provides biographical information on each artist and presents a history of artistic movements and trends.

This new type of journey - a kind of impossible imaginary exhibition - offers a fresh perspective on masterpieces from the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée National d'Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou.