Cool Cat, with the help of a few brushes, a lot of paint, a troop of friendly animals, and some perseverance, transforms the world around him from a bleak wasteland to a lush paradise.
When a boy being chased through present-day London seeks refuge in the National Gallery, a dog escapes from the painting of one Dutch master and together they leap into the painting of another, where their adventures in seventeenth-century Delft are a prelude to returning to London and continuing the chase.
When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.
Looks at all 3,022 paintings housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, with full annotations. Art historians Anja Grebe and Vincent Pomar?de discuss four hundred paintings and the key attributes of the work.
Contains color reproductions and descriptions of thirteen painting masterpieces, each with information on why the work is important, and includes time lines, and a glossary.