Beckett, Wendy

Art critic Sister Wendy Beckett provides commentary on selected items from six of America's most prestigious art museums, drawing attention to small details, discussing hidden meanings and symbolism, and providing information about each artist and his or her techniques.

Contains short essays in which Sister Wendy offers individual assessments of seventy-five works of art, and tells why she has chosen them as her favorites.

Presents an overview of painting over the course of eight hundred years, and examines approximately 450 paintings, with in-depth details for nearly two hundred works.

Art historian Sister Wendy Beckett presents a personal anthology of more than 115 American paintings, each with a brief description; arranged alphabetically by artist's last name.

Art historian Sister Wendy Beckett presents descriptions and illustrations of over fifty of her favorite Impressionist masterpieces.

Presents annotated reproductions of one thousand great paintings selected by Sister Wendy Beckett, arranged alphabetically by artist, from Albers to Zurbaran; and includes a directory of museums and galleries, and an index.