Art, the Critics' Choice: 150 Masterpieces of Western Art Selected and Defined by the Experts

by John Russell

Book Overview

Most general surveys of the history of Western art suffer from one main problem: their author invariably encounters some (or usually many) areas of art history of which he knows relatively little.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823002608
• ISBN13: 9780823002603
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.2" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

illuminating, fascinating, but with a glaring flaw...

Illuminating, fascinating, with thoughtful and thought-provoking commentary... definitely. Unfortunately, there's one glaring flaw worth your attention- the quality of the reproductions is simply abysmal. An example- if you can get your hands on a copy, look at the Canaletto reproduction. Compare it with the fine reproduction in the very different 1000 Masterpieces book by Sister Wendy, and it seems almost devoid of it's magic. Despite this, what these critics have to say is still worth your time and money if you're into art history.

An informative, superbly presented body of essays.

Marina Vaizey's Art: The Critics' Choice provides a chronological arrangement as it tells the story of art through works selected and explained by world-renowned experts. Established images and works representative of different periods are analyzed in general overviews followed by essays on 15 selected works.