An epic journey through the history of art from religious painting to postmodernism by one of the world's greatest art historians. 

Sales points:

• Martin Kemp is the leading expert on Leonardo da Vinci
• Perfect for anyone studying art or the history of art as well as the general reader
• Cognitive Media will be playing with the visuals - there will be a huge richness to the overall experience
• Part of the Ideas in Profile series, re-inventing popular introductions for the twenty-first century

Art has always been part of history. But we often think of it as outside history. When we look at a painting by Raphael, Rembrandt or Rubens it speaks to us directly, but it;s also an historical document, part of a living world. Renowned art historian Martin Kemp takes the reader on an extraordinary trip through art, from devotional works to the revolutionary techniques of the Renaissance, from the courtly Masters of the seventeenth century through to the daring avant-garde of the the twentieh century and beyond. 

Along the way we encounter the great names of art history: Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, Vermeer and Velasquez, Picasso and Pollock. We get under the skin of the many 'isms', schools, styles and epochs. We see the complex sweep of art history with its innovations, collaborations, rivalries, break-throughs and masterpieces. Above all, puts art in context, art isn't about disembodied images, art itself is history. 

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kontakt:

Agata Żabowska

agata@literatura.com.pl