50 paintings you should know /

Presents fifty paintings by major artists from the Renaissance to the Twentieth century and includes a brief critical analysis of the work, a timeline for the artist--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lowis, Kristina (Author)
Group Author: Pickeral, Tamsin
Published: Prestel,
Publisher Address: Munich ; London ; New York :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Presents fifty paintings by major artists from the Renaissance to the Twentieth century and includes a brief critical analysis of the work, a timeline for the artist--
Item Description: Edition statement from publisher's Web site.
Previously published in 2009.
Includes index.
Carrier Form: 156 pages : illustrations (chiefly color, some black and white) ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9783791381701
3791381709
Index Number: ND1145
CLC: J205
Call Number: J205/L918
Contents: The Arena Chapel /
The tribute money /
The Arnolfini portrait /
The annunciation /
The dead Christ /
The birth of Venus /
Self-portrait at twenty-eight /
The garden of earthly delights /
Mona Lisa /
La tempest /
The creation of Adam /
School of Athens /
The Isenheim altarpiece /
The Venus of Urbino /
The wedding at Cana /
The tower of Babel /
View of Toledo /
The death of the virgin /
The night watch /
Las meninas /
Girl with a pearl earring /
Death of Marat /
The skating minister /
The third of May, 1808 /
Grande Odalisque /
The wanderer above the sea of fog /
The raft of the medusa /
Liberty leading the people /
Rain, steam and speed /
Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe /
The artist's mother /
Impression-sunrise /
The starry night /
The child's bath /
The scream /
Mont Sainte-Victoire /
Les demoiselles d'Avignon /
The kiss /
La danse /
The dream /
Impression III (concert) /
Black square /
Petunia No. 2 /
American gothic /
The persistence of memory /
The two Fridas /
Nighthawks /
Autumn rhythm no. 30 /
Black on maroon /
Campbell's soup cans /
Glossary --
Portrait illustrations.