Description
Explore the vast landscape of art history with this comprehensive A-Z guide, featuring 500 influential painters and sculptors from the medieval era to the modern day. This unique volume challenges traditional art historical classifications by presenting a diverse array of brilliant works across all periods, schools, visions, and techniques. Each artist is showcased with a full-page color plate of a significant artwork, accompanied by insightful explanations of the image and its creator. More than just a visual feast, this book serves as an invaluable reference, complete with glossaries of artistic movements and technical terms, offering a fresh and original approach to understanding our rich cultural heritage.
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paperback
Phaidon Press
Published Apr 17, 1997
515 pages
ISBN: 9780714836256
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First Published
1997
Language
eng
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