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A guide to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., that includes more than three hundred photographs of the museum's collections, and offers an overview of art history since the twelfth century.

Chronicles the career of fifteenth-century painter Sandro Botticelli, and presents and briefly discusses approximately fifty of his masterpieces.

Describes the career of sixteenth-century painter Michelangelo, and presents and discusses approximately forty of his paintings.

Chronicles the career of seventeenth-century painter Jan Vermeer, and presents and briefly discusses more than thirty of his masterpieces.

Discusses the life and works of twentieth-century Mexican portrait painter, muralist, and social justice advocate David Alfaro Siqueiros.

Explains and interprets more than 600 different symbols that are used in Eastern and Western art.