Year in Art: A Painting a Day

Hardback

Main Details

Title Year in Art: A Painting a Day
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Prestel
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:736
Dimensions(mm): Height 170,Width 170
Category/GenreThe arts - general issues
Art styles not defined by date
ISBN/Barcode 9783791382913
ClassificationsDewey:709
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified; 365 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Prestel
Imprint Prestel
Publication Date 5 September 2016
Publication Country Germany

Description

Celebrating the extraordinary popularity of the Year in Art series, this book presents masterpieces of art from the ancient world to the modern day in a beautifully designed gift book. Featuring an attractive new format and a selection of the best of the first two volumes in the A Year in Art series, this book includes 365 works of art, from Renaissance paintings to modern art masterpieces, from Medieval art to Picasso, and from Russian icons to Chagall. Imagine 365 masterpieces of art from around the world at your fingertips. That's what readers will find as they turn the pages day after day to discover a full-page exquisitely reproduced artwork from a variety of eras, genres, and media. Further enhancing these pages are quotations to ponder, surprise, and delight. This book also serves as a perpetual calendar and opposite the colour illustrations there is plenty of space to record birthdays, anniversaries, and other important dates as well as personal notes and reflections. As functional as it is beautiful, this book's global and historical collection of images makes the perfect gift for lovers of art and will offer inspiration every day of the year. 365 colour illustrations