'A triumph … very punchy … recommended as a sane introduction to an often insane world' Arts Review
With over 400 colour illustrations, this authoritative introduction covers every major development in the visual arts from Impressionism to Post-Modernism.
Anyone seeking a gallery of the masterpieces of 20th-century art, together with deft overviews of the period, will find no better single volume.
'A marvellous sampler of glorious paintings, matched by a vivid text - wonderful value in every sense'
Mail on Sunday
'Ambitious and quite an achievement … every Ism is here, intelligibly and succinctly summarized'
Good Book Guide
Format: PLC (no jacket)
Size: 25.5 x 22.0 cm
Extent: 416 pp
Publication date: 3 September 2007
ISBN: 9780500238417