50 Paintings You Should Know

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title 50 Paintings You Should Know
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kristina Lowis
By (author) Tamsin Pickeral
Series50 You Should Know
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 245,Width 200
Category/GenreArt styles not defined by date
Painting and paintings
ISBN/Barcode 9783791381701
ClassificationsDewey:759
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Prestel
Imprint Prestel
Publication Date 6 June 2016
Publication Country Germany

Description

Now available in an updated edition, this generously illustrated book is a tour of the most important Western paintings since the Renaissance. Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous colour reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with Giotto's Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing s Mona Lisa, Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, as well as works by Monet, van Gogh, Cassatt, Cezanne, Dali Kahlo, Hopper, Pollock, Rothko, and O'Keeffe, nearly every important painter is represented in this book. It features works that may be familiar to the eye, but whose histories are even more fascinating. Readers will learn about the painters who created them, the reasons for their importance and the places the paintings can be found. As entertaining as it is informative, this beautiful book is the perfect introduction to great paintings that have stood the test of time. AUTHOR: Kristina Lowis is an art historian at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Tamsin Pickeral is an art historian and author based in Suffolk, England.

Author Biography

Kristina Lowis is an art historian at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Tamsin Pickeral is an art historian and author based in Suffolk, England.