Masters of Art : The World's Great Artists, Their Lives and Works (ART HISTORY)

New York: Galahad Books. As New. 1987. Hardcover. 0883657163 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- 221 pages, with many lovely black and white and color illustrations. First published in 1981 as "Family Treasury of Art". Fifty artists (Old Master through modern) are represented in this book with brief biographies of each and descirptions and reproductions of some of each artist's seminal works. From the publisher: "...The text gives some answers to that often-asked question: 'What makes a masterpiece? ' Through both word and picture one will gain clearer insights into the 'how' and 'whys' of great art, particulalry through the fresh selection and arrangement of the paintings, drawings, and sculptures in full color and black and white..." Among the artists included in this survey are Giotto, Da Vinci, Durer, Michelangelo, Frans Hals, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Goya, Turner, Manet, Rodin and Mondrian. -- with a bonus offer--; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall .