"Covering every era and over 650 artists, this comprehensive, illustrated guide offers an accessible yet expansive view of art history, featuring everything from iconic works and lesser-known gems to techniques and themes."-- Publisher marketing.
Provides evaluations of more than 770 painters, explanations of 680 symbols and stories of Western art, and definitions of more than 650 terms, techniques, movements, and styles.
Captioned photographs, supported by informative text, provide a lens through which to explore and explain the lives and work of fifty great artists from throughout history.
Presents a full-color illustrated field guide to painting, sculpture, major artists and styles, and more; and examines the history of art from 2000 BCE to contemporary styles of the modern era.
An introduction, through an analysis of more than 50 works by different artists, to the various elements that contribute to the overall effect of a painting. The elements discussed are perspective, modeling, anatomy, light and color, and mood.
Presents large reproductions of forty-five famous paintings by such artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Hieronymus Bosch, Vincent van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso, each accompanied by annotations explaining the meaning and significance of their elements.
