20 GREATEST ARTISTS (PB)

Is it a plane? A bird? Or a
woman’s face with features all mixed up? Welcome to the world of twenty
greatest artists who taught people to view the familiar and the everyday, in
ways that were new, revolutionary and never imagined before. From the Old Masters
of perspective and chiaroscuro, like Vermeer and Da Vinci, to innovators and
experimenters of form, line and material, like Monet and Amrita Sher-Gil,
these artists have shown that when it comes to art, there are no limitations
on what is beautiful or evocative. This book explores the lives—at times
tragic and misunderstood; at times exuberant and scandalous—of these great
pioneers of art, candidly describing the highs and lows each went through. In
doing so, it also traces influential artistic movements down the ages and how
they impacted the wider world of politics, culture and history. 20 Greatest
Artists offers a peek into the colourful lives of great artists and their
works of art.