The Art Book

This book presents a feast of memorable images from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Five hundred great artists, from Agasse to Zurbaran, are each represented by a full-colour plate of a key work. Reflecting all the periods, schools and styles that make up our rich artistic heritage, these beautifully reproduced works of art come together in surprising combinations with every turn of the page. Each entry includes a short biography, and a series of chronological charts at the end of the book provides a historical perspective.

 The Art Book

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Beats Harry Potter any day! Absolutely Mind expanding!, 24 February, 2002
Reviewer: (purpleronnie14@hotmail.com) from Oxford UK
In this book there are examples of every kind of art you can think of! It's majorly inspiring! If you ever thought you were not interested in any kind of art, I can assure you you'll find something you'll love. Just because its an art book doesn't mean to say you can put it down easily! --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Was this review helpful to you?    

Art for people who love it and people who just like looking, 21 October, 2001
Reviewer: (jonathan.muirhead@talk21.com) from Edinburgh

This is a well-informed book, thoroughly researched and beautifully laid out so one can leaf through it at random, letting one's eye linger over the many visual treats the book holds between its covers, or quickly flick through it in one go until a particular picture takes one's fancy. It mixes the well-known with the obscure, such as Roy Lichtenstein's In The Car (which has been an ad campaign favourite of companies on both sides of the Atlantic virtually since its 1963 creation) and Rene Magritte's Treachery Of Images (one of the artist's lesser-known but still very striking works). It is informative about each featured artist, giving a little biographical information, such as family background, when exactly in life the artist started painting, what their social circumstances were and how this affected their creative mindset, if at all. It is a very well-balanced book, giving equal space to the stars of the art world, such as Magritte and Da Vinci (it's a sign of the book's strength that Mona Lisa is just another highlight.) as it does to lesser-known artists, such as Lichtenstein. In each case, the painting, rather than the artist, is the star.