Gowing, Lawrence

Presents alphabetized biographical profiles of important artists throughout history, including painters, sculptors, architects, and other visual artists, describing their lives, the characteristics of their work, and their significance and listing locations where their work can be seen. This volume covers Alvar Aalto--Paul Durand-Ruel.

Features color reproductions of eight hundred of the most important paintings in the Louvre, and includes 115 short essays that explain various aspects of the Paris museum's holdings.

Over 1,300 illustrated articles about visual artists worldwide, summarizing the development of each artist's style and important works.

Presents volume one of a five-volume set that covers the history of art from the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, Egypt and the Ancient Near East, Bronze and Iron Age art, Aegean, Archaic Greek, and Classical Greek art, and Hellenistic and Etruscan art.