This guide to art paintingfrom hieroglyph-labeled tomb paintings in ancient Egypt to Damien Hirst's pink canvas dotted with actual butterfly carcassesis a concise history of art and artists over thousands of years, offering fresh perspective on how the role of painting has been reinvented again and again. On each two-page spread, one of 150 landmark works is presented in color on the right; on the left are discussions of the painting and the artist. The book includes a timeline of artists and art movements and an extensive bibliography, glossary, and index.
