Sister Wendy's 1000 masterpieces - Wendy Beckett

Well known for her BBC TV art series
Sister Wendy Beckett's 1000 Masterpieces features over 500 of the world's best-loved artists
from Michelangelo to Matisse
from Piero to Picasso. Covering over nine centuries of paintings in the Western world
the core of this book is organised alphabetically
by artist
for ease of reference. From Medieval
through the Italian Renaissance to Pure Abstraction
the work of each artist is treated with the same degree of attention
whatever their classification of style or time of creation. Sister Wendy studies each painting in full
treating subject matter
materials and technique
as well as isolating the key elements of each major work.