A Brief History of Western Art

Author: (USA) Hendrik van Loon
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Art is an innate quality of humanity, so appreciating art is a natural right for everyone. This concise art history by Van Loon, with only 30,000 words, was written after he had completed his massive work on art. It is the crystallization of long-term reflection and writing. With his characteristic humanistic care and witty, playful writing style, the author succinctly narrates the evolution of art from cave paintings to modern experimental art. The fascinating and diverse history of Western art, the masterpieces of hundreds of great masters, and the delicate and insightful textual analysis all aim to cultivate a relatively profound art appreciator in the shortest time.