Bibliograph

The Usborne book of famous artists, Ruth Brocklehurst, Rosie Dickins and Abigail Wheatley ; designed by Nicola Butler ; drawings by Mark Beech ; art consultant, Kathleen Adler

Type

Label

The Usborne book of famous artists, Ruth Brocklehurst, Rosie Dickins and Abigail Wheatley ; designed by Nicola Butler ; drawings by Mark Beech ; art consultant, Kathleen Adler

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Usborne book of famous artists

Oclc number

779498168

Responsibility statement

Ruth Brocklehurst, Rosie Dickins and Abigail Wheatley ; designed by Nicola Butler ; drawings by Mark Beech ; art consultant, Kathleen Adler

Summary

This is a beautifully presented introduction to the lives and works of 35 of the world's best-known artists. This title is illustrated with fabulous reproductions of the artists' works. It includes photographs of the artists at work, their personal belongings, homes and places that were important to them. It also illustrates timelines that provide the key dates in each artist's life

Table Of Contents

Giotto -- Jan van Eyck -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Albrecht Dürer -- Michelangelo -- Raphael -- Titian -- Hans Holbein -- Bruegel -- El Greco -- Caravaggio -- Peter Paul Rubens -- Rembrandt -- Diego Velázquez -- Jan Vermeer -- Goya -- J.M.W. Turner -- Eugène Delacroix -- John Everett Millais -- Edouard Manet -- Edgar Degas -- Claude Monet -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir -- Paul Cézanne -- Paul Gauguin -- Vincent van Gogh -- Gustav Klimt -- Henri Matisse -- Wassily Kandinsky -- Pablo Picasso -- Edward Hopper -- Rene Magritte -- Salvador Dalí -- Jackson Pollock -- Andy Warhol

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Famous artists

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