30,000 YEARS OF ART A must-have for anyone passionate

A must-have for anyone passionate about discovering art in all its forms

From finding your first piece to building a sustainable collection

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Updated with a stunning new cover and a preface written specially by Professor Gombrich's granddaughter Leonie

the book explores 50 key works - from the realist painting of Courbet to a contemporary installation by Yayoi Kusama - and then links them to the most important movements

30,000 YEARS OF ART A must-have for anyone passionateBrought completely up to date for this revised edition and now available in a compact new format, this new edition of Phaidon's groundbreaking book presents art differently from all other compendia by revealing the huge diversity or in many cases, the similarity of artistic achievements around the globe. Images of more than 600 works from all periods and regions are arranged in chronological order, each with a short text that puts the work in critical