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Beschreibung
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. 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 and the reasons for their importance. As entertaining as it is informative, this beautiful book is the perfect introduction to great paintings that have stood the test of time.
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. 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 and the reasons for their importance. As entertaining as it is informative, this beautiful book is the perfect introduction to great paintings that have stood the test of time.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Bildende Kunst
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 160 S.
30 s/w Illustr.
112 farbige Illustr.
ISBN-13: 9783791381701
ISBN-10: 3791381709
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lowis, Kristina/Pickeral, Tamsin
Auflage: 1/2016
Hersteller: Prestel Verlag
Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH, Neumarkter Str. 28, D-81673 München, produktsicherheit@penguinrandomhouse.de
Maße: 244 x 202 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Kristina/Pickeral, Tamsin Lowis
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.02.2016
Gewicht: 0,604 kg
Artikel-ID: 121146334

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