50 Paintings You Should Know Author:Kristina Lowis, Tamsin Pickeral Now available in an updated edition, this generously illustrated book is a tour of the most important Western paintings since the Renaissance. Spanning seven centuries, this selection of 50 iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous color reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with... more » Giotto?s Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing through Botticelli?s The Birth of Venus, da Vinci?s Mona Lisa, Vermeer?s Girl with a Pearl Earring as well as works by Monet, van Gogh, Cassatt, Cézanne, Dalí, Kahlo, Hopper, Pollock, Rothko, and O?Keeffe, nearly every important painter is represented in this book.« less