A Concise History of Painting-From Giotto to Cezanne

This book presents a fresh, balanced and complete picture of the whole of Western painting from Giotto to Cézanne. It is not a mere ‘potted’ version of familiar facts — every judgment is genuinely argued. The text sparkles with elegance and wit, while the style sparkles with elegance and of the same time provides an immensely informative ‘first book’ of art history for both teachers and students. 549 colour reproductions illustrate and complement the text, page by page. In this way the author’s points become self-explanatory with a vividness that is impossible to achieve by any other method.