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50 Paintings You Should Know
Kristina Lowis
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Description for 50 Paintings You Should Know
Paperback. Now available in an updated edition, this generously illustrated book is a tour of the most important Western paintings since the Renaissance. Num Pages: 160 pages, 142, 112 colour. BIC Classification: ACB; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 259 x 15. Weight in Grams: 604.
Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty 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, 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 ... Read more
Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty 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, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Munich, Germany
ISBN
9783791381701
SKU
V9783791381701
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About Kristina Lowis
Kristina Lowis is an art historian at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Tamsin Pickeral is an art historian and author based in Suffolk, England.
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