Great Paintings : [the World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained]

1100-1500. The Qingming scroll / Zhang Zeduan ; The lamentation of Christ / Giotto di Bondone ; The Madonna enthroned / Duccio di Buoninsegna ; The annunciation / Fra Angelico ; The Arnolfini portrait / Jan van Dyck ; The baptism of Christ / Piero della Francesca ; The hunt in the forest / Paolo Uccello ; The birth of Venus / Sandro Botticelli 1500-1600. The garden of earthly delights / Hieronymus Bosch ; Mona Lisa / Leonardo da Vinci ; The school of Athens / Raphael ; Sistine Chapel ceiling / Michelangelo ; Bacchus and Ariadne / Titian ; The ambassadors / Hans Holbein ; Spring morning in the Han Palace / Qiu Ying ; Netherlandish proverbs / Pieter Bruegel the elder ; Spring / Giuseppe Arcimboldo ; Cypress tree / Kano Eitoku ; Akbar's adventures with the elephant Hawa'i in 1561 / Basawan and Chetar 1600-1700. David with the head of Goliath / Caravaggio ; The judgment of Paris / Peter Paul Rubens ; Charles I on horseback / Anthony van Dyck ; Self-portrait as "La Pittura" / Artemisia Gentileschi ; Las meninas / Diego Velázquez ; Self-portrait / Rembrandt van Rijn ; The art of painting / Johannes Vermeer 1700-1800. Still life with flowers and fruit / Jan van Huysum ; Marriage à-la-mode : the marriage settlement / William Hogarth ; Allegory of the planets and continents / Giambattista Tiepolo ; An experiment on a bird in the air pump / Joseph Wright of Derby ; The death of Marat / Jacques-Louis David 1800-1900. The Valpinçon bather / Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres ; The third of May 1808 / Francisco de Goya ; Wanderer above the sea of fog / Caspar David Friedrich ; The hay wain / John Constable ; The fighting Temeraire / J.M.W. Turner ; The artist's studio / Gustave Courbet ; Olympia / Édouard Manet ; Arrangement in grey and black, no. 1 / James McNeill Whistler ; The dancing class / Edgar Degas ; A Sunday on La Grande Jatte / Georges Seurat ; Van Gogh's chair / Vincent van Gogh ; The child's bath / Mary Cassatt ; Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? / Paul Gauguin ; The waterlily pond / Claude Monet 1900 to present. Lake Keitele / Akseli Gallen-Kallela ; The large bathers / Paul Cézanne ; The kiss / Gustav Klimt ; Composition VII / Wassily Kandinsky ; Berlin street scene / Ernst Ludwig Kirchner ; Northern River / Tom Thomson ; Red balloon / Paul Klee ; Red canna / Georgia O'Keeffe ; The metamorphosis of Narcissus / Salvador Dalí ; Guernica / Pablo Picasso ; Nighthawks / Edward Hopper ; Without hope / Frida Kahlo ; Red interior, still life on a blue table / Henri Matisse ; Autumn rhythm (number 30) / Jackson Pollock ; Untitled / Mark Rothko ; Marilyn / Andy Warhol ; To a summer's day / Bridget Riley ; The dance / Paula Rego ; Athanor / Anselm Kiefer. Contents 4 6 Looking at Paintings 6 9 The Qingming Scroll Zhang Zeduan 10 12 The Lamentation of Christ Giotto di Bondone 14 17 The Madonna Enthroned Duccio di Buoninsegna 18 20 The Annunciation Fra Angelico 22 24 The Arnolfini Portrait Jan van Dyck 26 28 The Baptism of Christ Piero della Francesca 30 33 The Hunt in the Forest Paolo Uccello 34 36 The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli 38 40 The Garden of Earthly Delights Hieronymus Bosch 44 46 The Great Piece of Turf Albrecht Dürer 48 50 Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci 50 52 The School of Athens Raphael 54 56 Sistine Chapel Ceiling Michelangelo 58 60 Bacchus and Ariadne Titian 62 65 The Ambassadors Hans Holbein 66 68 Spring Morning in the Han Palace Qiu Ying 70 72 Netherlandish Proverbs Pieter Bruegel The Elder 74 76 Spring Giuseppe Arcimboldo 78 80 Cypress Tree Kano Eitoku 80 82 Akbar's Adventures with the Elephant Hawa’i in 1561 Basawan and Chetar 84 86 David with the Head of Goliath Caravaggio 88 90 The Judgement of Paris Peter Paul Rubens 90 92 Charles I on Horseback Anthony van Dyck 94 96 Self-portrait as “La Pittura” Artemisia Gentileschi 96 98 Las Meninas Diego Velázquez 98 101 Self-portrait Rembrandt van Rijn 102 104 The Art of Painting Johannes Vermeer 106 108 Still Life with Flowers and Fruit Jan van Huysum 112 115 Marriage à-la-Mode: the Marriage Settlement William Hogarth 116 118 Mr. and Mrs. Andrews Thomas Gainsborough 120 122 Allegory of the Planets and Continents Giambattista Tiepolo 124 126 An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump Joseph Wright of Derby 128 130 The Death of Marat Jacques-Louis David 132 134 The Valpinçon Bather Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres 138 141 The Third of May 1808 Francisco de Goya 142 144 Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich 146 148 The Hay Wain John Constable 148 150 The Fighting Temeraire J. M. W. Turner 152 154 The Artist's Studio Gustave Courbet 156 158 Olympia Édouard Manet 160 162 Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1 James McNeill Whistler 164 166 The Dancing Class Edgar Degas 168 170 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte Georges Seurat 172 174 Van Gogh’s Chair Vincent van Gogh 176 179 The Child's Bath Mary Cassatt 180 182 Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Paul Gauguin 182 184 The Waterlily Pond Claude Monet 186 188 Lake Keitele Akseli Gallen-Kallela 192 194 The Large Bathers Paul Cézanne 194 196 The Kiss Gustav Klimt 198 200 Composition VII Wassily Kandinsky 202 204 Berlin Street Scene Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 206 208 Northern River Tom Thomson 208 210 Red Balloon Paul Klee 210 212 Red Canna Georgia O'Keeffe 212 214 The Metamorphosis of Narcissus Salvador Dalí 214 216 Guernica Pablo Picasso 218 220 Nighthawks Edward Hopper 222 224 Without Hope Frida Kahlo 226 228 Red Interior, Still Life on a Blue Table Henri Matisse 230 232 Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) Jackson Pollock 234 236 Untitled Mark Rothko 238 240 Marilyn Andy Warhol 240 242 To a Summer's Day Bridget Riley 242 244 The Dance Paula Rego 244 246 Athanor Anselm Kiefer 246 248 Glossary 248 250 Index 250 252 Acknowledgments 255 257 A sumptuous, visual guided tour of 66 of the world's greatest paintings ranging from works by Zhang Zeduan, a 12-century Chinese master, to modern masterpieces by Rothko and Anselm Kiefer. "Great Paintings" is perfect for anyone interested in learning about the world's most noteworthy artworks. Explores sixty-six paintings from around the world, providing the story behind each painting, an analysis of techniques and compositions, historical features, and brief artists' biographies Features works from great artists through the ages including Zhang Zeduan, Rothko, and Botticelli; examines the story behind each piece; and explores the social context of each