Essential History of Art

by Lucinda Hawksley, Antonia Cunningham, Laura Payne

Essential History of Art introduces a new, chronological way of examining the major art movements of the Western world over the last two thousand years. It is the only book to examine the roots of art in prehistory and provide important examples of work from 240 leading artists in terms of their school, period, technique, and vision.

Each artist is represented by a major work, which is accompanied by text explaining their impact on the development of Western art, as well as giving a brief history of their life and career.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art

256 pages, Hardcover

First published September 3, 2001

About the author

Lucinda Hawksley is a British biographer, author and lecturer. She is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. Hawksley is an award-winning travel writer.
She also writes under the name Lucinda Dickens Hawksley.