100 Great Artists: A Visual Journey from Fra Angelico to Warhol - Softcover

Gerlings, Charlotte

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184193349X ISBN 13: 9781841933498

Publisher: Arcturus Pub, 2013

Synopsis

This beautiful volume showcases, in full color, the works of one hundred of the world's greatest painters, from Giotto in the thirteenth century to Hockney in the twenty-first Arranged alphabetically for easy reference, each artist occupies a double-page spread that contains a selection of pictures, accessible text, and a biographical timeline. Set in their historical and cultural contexts, the characters, techniques, and fortunes of these one hundred masters are revealed. General readers, art students, and practitioners alike will pick up this book again and again, to check facts, browse among the pictures, and explore how great artists like Brueghel, Goya, Constable, and Picasso first captured our admiration, and why they remain influential.

About this title

About the Author:

Charlotte Gerlings was born in Reading, Berkshire. She graduated in publishing from Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University) and since then has worked as a book designer, writer, and editor. She lives in Southwest London and is currently studying at Wimbledon School of Art for her MA in fine arts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcturus Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 184193349X
• ISBN 13: 9781841933498
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208