From Antiquity to the Present. A comprehensive, award-winning study of how visual communication has shaped our perception of the world throughout the ages.
This catalogue of the Palazzo Grassi exhibition in Venice cites Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) as a critical influence in the development of 20th century art. The volume contains 20 critical essays and photographic amd biographical data on 89 artists, such as Matisse, Picasso, Gauguin and Leger.
Included are many seminal works of the period, including Whistler's Mother, Manet's The Balcony, Cezanne's Apples and Oranges, Monet's Blue Water Lilies and Van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles.