The Usborne book of famous artists
By: Ruth Brocklehurst, Rosie Dickins and Abigail Wheatley ; designed by Nicola Butler ; drawings by Mark Beech ; art consultant, Kathleen Adler
Contributors: Beech, Mark, 1971-; Dickins, Rosie; Wheatley, Abigail, 1974-; Adler, Kathleen
Publisher: Usborne; Usborne Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9781409523284
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Biography; Artists
Other titles: Famous artists
Description: This is a beautifully presented introduction to the lives and works of 35 of the world's best-known artists. This title is illustrated with fabulous reproductions of the artists' works. It includes photographs of the artists at work, their personal belongings, homes and places that were important to them. It also illustrates timelines that provide the key dates in each artist's life.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Giotto; title: Jan van Eyck; title: Leonardo da Vinci; title: Albrecht Dürer; title: Micelangelo; title: Raphael; title: Titian; title: Hans Holbein; title: Bruegel; title: El Greco; title: Caravaggio; title: Peter Paul Rubens; title: Rembrandt; title: Diego Velázquez; title: Jan Vermeer; title: Goya; title: J.M.W. Turnber; title: Eugène Delacroix; title: John Everett Millais; title: Edouard Manet; title: Edgar Degas; title: Claude Monet; title: Pierre-Auguste Renoir; title: Paul Cézanne; title: Paul Gauguin; title: Vincent van Gogh; title: Gustav Klimt; title: Henri Matisse; title: Wassily Kandinsky; title: Pablo Picasso; title: Edward Hopper; title: René Magritte; title: Salvador Dalí; title: Jackson Pollock; title: Andy Warhol.