Look At This If You Love Great Art: A critical curation of 100 essential artworks * Packed with links to further reading, listen

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Look At This If You Love Great Art is a must read for anyone with a passion for exceptional art. Featuring 100 of the best artworks ever produced, inside is a collection of insightful summaries on just what it is that makes each one so vital. Art writer Chloe Ashby talks you through the pieces that resonate with her, revealing the fascinating stories behind them and offering her considered take on why each work should be regarded as a pinnacle of artistic endeavour. With entries curated to offer a unique juxtaposition of styles, mediums and schools of art, expect a contemporary take on classic artworks, where titans of art history cross paths with under-appreciated examples from outside the traditional canon, and where rebellious visionaries blaze trails that still influence today's cutting-edge artists. Covering all the most important genres of art -Abstraction, Pop Art, Surrealism, Renaissance art, Impressionism and more - this engaging summary only deals with artworks that really matter and the reasons why you have to see them.

Since graduating from the Courtauld Institute of Art, Chloe Ashby has written about art and culture for publications such as the TLS, Guardian, FT Life & Arts, 1843 and frieze. She has interviewed artist Judy Chicago, novelist Ottessa Moshfegh, photographer Tim Walker and fashion designer Christian Louboutin, among others. A former editor at Monocle, she has written and edited guides to cities from Chicago to Seoul, and has also co-authored a book on Roth Bar & Grill, published by Phaidon.