Art by Paul JohnsonCall Number: 709 Joh
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Publication Date: 2003
This narrative account, from the earliest cave paintings up to the present day, has new things to say about almost every period of art. With 300 color illustrations, this book is vivid, evocative and immensely readable, whether the author is describing the beauty of Egyptian low-relief carving or the medieval cathedrals of Europe, the watercolours of Thomas Girtin or the utility of Roman bridges ('the best bridges in history'), the genius of Andrew Wyeth or the tranquility of the Great Mosque at Damascus, the paintings of Ilya Repin or a carpet-page from the Lindisfarne Gospels.