A beautiful, visual guide to art showcases more than 2,500 of the world's most revered sculptures and paintings in a volume that offers a chronological breakdown of more than seven hundred great artists, an analysis of seminal works, and an explication of key movements, styles, and techniques, from the earliest cave art to the present day.

A beautiful, visual guide to art showcases more than 2,500 of the world's most revered sculptures and paintings in a volume that offers a chronological breakdown of more than seven hundred great artists, an analysis of seminal works, and an explication of key movements, styles, and techniques, from the earliest cave art to the present day.