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This chronological anthology of 50 master artists and their pivotal works spans six centuries and provides reproductions of stunning masterpieces by such greats as Matisse, Picasso, Edward Hopper, and Leonardo da Vinci. . Discover a refreshingly new approach to exploring the lives of 50 major painters in Great Artists. Using detailed annotation of key works as well as other contemporary images, Great Artists provides intriguing insights into the creative...

Examines the life and work of the popular American artist.

A history of Western painting and its artists. Biographical and critical essays on more than 450 individual painters, covering the development of painting from the close of the Middle Ages in Italy, when Giotto revolutionized the art of painting in the great frescoes in the Arema Chapel in Padua, down through Cezanne and his revolution in painting.

"The long-awaited biography of the defining illustrator of the twentieth century by a celebrated art critic"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book is the first comprehensive critical survey of the artist written in the last decade and includes every one of his major paintings alongside a selection of his lesser known etchings and woodcuts. Griffin's thoroughly research yet readable study not only presents a full account of Homer's life and work, but also a fresh and provocative reassessment of his place in the history of American art."--Book jacket.