This volume traces the history of painting from medieval times to modern times with a focus on each era and its major artists. This volume traces the history of painting from medieval times to modern times with a focus on each era and its major artists.

An accessible guide to the life and work of seventy-five top masters covers every significant art movement, provides reproductions of major works, and includes biographical discussions about the artists themselves. Original.

The exchange of art provides a vehicle for creative interaction between East and West, a process in which great civilizations preserve their own character while stimulating and enriching each other. Here scholar Michael Sullivan leads the reader through four centuries of exciting interaction between the artists of China and Japan and those of Western Europe. 24 color plates. 174 halftones.

In this volume, numerous large-sized illustrations showcase Titian's oeuvre and authoritative texts illustrate the development of his work.