The best paintings in world history. Volkova P.D.

You can tell about the picture when this picture itself is a story. Only in this case we can find suitable words for its description. And how to talk about the picture, which itself is this information, but there is no story in it that could give us a clue? Do you understand everything that is depicted here, but how to convey this with words?

before you are a unique gift edition of the “Best Pictures in World History” by the famous Soviet and Russian art critic, cultural historian and teacher Paola Volkova. It is decorated in the form of a colorfully illustrated album in a chic case containing many fascinating facts about the great painters, detailed fragments of their paintings and the deepest thoughts of the author about art and work as a whole.

Thanks to the book “The Best Pictures in World History” You can get to know the life and works of the brightest representatives of fine art of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Enlightenment and the 19th century. A brilliant art critic and lecturer will lead you through the labyrinth of riddles and symbols, hidden in the picturesque canvases of such masters of the past as Sandro Botticelli, Jerome Bosch, Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, Raphael Santi, El Greco, Diego Velazquez, Edward Mane.

The material in the book is located in such a way that it is convenient for you to consider individual fragments of the paintings and immediately return to the comments of Paola Volkova, always located next to the subject of the study.

The book for those who appreciate art and want art and wants to Get a truly valuable gift for your library.