Innovators in Painting

<p>How did artists progress from cave paintings (top image on the cover) to a work such as Lerolle's <em>The Organ Rehearsal </em>(lower image on cover)? To find out we focus on innovations that gave the artist who created them - and all those who followed - greater power to make viewers stop look and think about their works. Included are more than 200 illustrations some of whole paintings some of fascinating details.</p><p>Who's this jargon-free book written for?</p><ul><li>Anyone who is interested in art or art history but is daunted by thousand-page art-history textbooks or two-semester courses that cover the art of every major civilization worldwide. This 140-page volume is art history in essentials.</li><li>Anyone who wants a quick refresher before visiting a museum of Western art.</li><li>Sculptors painters and graphic artists who want a big-picture view of the development of the expressive means that are available to them.</li><li>Anyone who loves competence: this book is full of thinkers who find new ways to show others their distinctive point of view.</li></ul><p><em>Innovators in Painting </em>is a stand-alone work but it's a perfect complement to <em>Innovators in Sculpture.</em></p>