Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous colour reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with Giotto's Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing through Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, as well as works by Monet, van Gogh, Cassatt, Cezanne, Dali, Kahlo, Hopper, Pollock, Rothko, and O'Keeffe, nearly every important painter is represented in this book. It features works that may be familiar to the eye, but whose histories are even more fascinating. Readers will learn about the painters who created them, the reasons for their importance and the places the paintings can be found. As entertaining as it is informative, this beautiful book is the perfect introduction to great paintings that have stood the test of time.
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KRISTINA LOWIS is an art historian at the Staatlichen Musee in Berlin.TAMSIN PICKERAL is an art historian and author based in Suffolk, England.
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I'm an art teacher and I love this series of books for making warm ups for my art kids. It's generally a good short description of the artwork or artist with some interesting facts and good pictures. This isn't the book for someone looking for something really in depth stuff but if you just want a brief refresher they are great.
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Saw this book in a book store and was able to look through it. The book is excellent and the price from Amazon is great!
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Extremely limited & biased selection,
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This is a case where I wish I had looked at the book in an actual bookstore prior to purchase. Only then would I have realized the authors focused solely on European & American artists. Are the authors claiming that there isn't a single painting that has been created in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, or South America EVER that anyone should know about it? That is tragic and a huge disservice to everyone who purchases this book. I am infuriated that I have wasted my money on it.
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