50 Paintings You Should Know

Now available in an updated edition, this generously illustrated book is a tour of the most important Western paintings since the Renaissance. 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 50 iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous color reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with Giotto’s Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing through Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring as well as works by Monet, van Gogh, Cassatt, Cézanne, Dalí, Kahlo, Hopper, Pollock, Rothko, and O’Keeffe, nearly every important painter is represented in this book.

• | Author: Kristina Lowis, Tamsin Pickeral
• | Publisher: Prestel
• | Publication Date: Jun 06, 2016
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9783791381701
• | ISBN-10: 3791381709