Masterpieces of western art

General Notes: Translated from the German.

Notes Pertaining to Title and Statement of Responsibility: Translation of: Malerei der Welt : eine Kunstgeschichte in 900 Bildanalysen ; von der Gotik bis zur Gegenwart.

Notes Pertaining to Physical Description: In slip case.

Contents Note: V.1. From the gothic to neoclassicism / by Robert Suckale [and others] Gothic : the rebirth of art, from Giotto to Lochner ; Early renaissance : European painting in the 15th century, from Masaccio to Bosch ; Renaissance and mannerism : European painting in the 16th century, from Leonardo and Dürer to El Greco ; Baroque : the painting of the 17th century in Italy, France, England, Germany and Spain, from Caravaggio to Velázquez ; Baroque in the Netherlands : Dutch and Flemish painting in the 17th century, from Rubens to Vermeer ; Rococo and Neoclassicism : the painting in the 18th century, from Watteau to Goya.
V.2. From the romantic age to the present day / by Barbara Eschenburg [and others] Romanticism and realism : painting in the 19th century, from Friedrich to Courbet ; Impressionism, art nouveau and jugendstil : painting from 1860-1910, from Manet to Klimt ; Classical modernism : painting in the first half of the 20th century, from Picasso and Matisse to Klee ; Contemporary painting : new movements in painting since 1945, from Pollock to Baselitz.

Summary or Abstract: These volumes trace the history of painting from medieval times to the late 20th century. The ten chapters each feature an introductory essay profiling the age and the achievements of the major artists, and then present selected works accompanied by searching commentaries.