A Year in Art: A Painting A Day

by Prestel Publishing (Editor)

Wake up to artistic inspiration every day with this popular, chunky hardback made available again in a refreshed edition containing a perpetual calendar featuring a dazzling variety of masterpieces from every era.

As functional as it is beautiful, this substantial book presents some of the world’s greatest art in an elegant package that will look good at home or in the office.

Every day offers a different, exquisitely reproduced artwork from a variety of eras, genres, and media; quotations to ponder, surprise, and delight; and ample space to record birthdays, anniversaries, and other important dates as well as personal notes and reflections.

There’s art for every taste and from every prehistory and ancient Egypt; Medieval and Renaissance; Impressionist, Abstract, and Modern. Featured artists include, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, Albrecht Dürer, Caravaggio, Titian, Hiroshige, El Greco, Vermeer, Turner, Monet, van Gogh, Cassatt, Kandinsky, Klee, Picasso, and others.

This book’s global and historical collection of images makes it the perfect gift for lovers of art and will offer inspiration every day of the year.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

736 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Krisz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am disappointed that there is no info on the painters or the paintings.
Too many classic, well known pieces are included in the volume, I dare say all painters are male, and most of them Western European. It would have been nice to include more than one Asian picture, something from (ancient) China, the Arab world, Africa, South America, and of course other European nations, such as a Munkácsy or Vasarely or Rippl-Rónai from Hungary. Some modern work from US-Canada wouldn't have been amiss either.
As it is now, it feels like a collection of clichés for the dumb who wish to be seen smart.

[Maddelline · Rating 5 out of 5]

[coffee table book/journaling tool] este ideal pentru orice pasionat de artă care vrea să vadă o pictură și să citească un citat în fiecare zi pentru a învăța ceva nou și a putea contempla la ceva sublim.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

A varied collection from which I discovered many artists. More abstract and modern art could have been included (it favors 1600s Dutch work, I'd say) but daily quotes bolster the volume as a whole. It's a good visual survey for non-experts. Some of my new favorites are August Macke, Franz Marc, and Carl Spitzweg.

[Ruth Hamilton]

Really enjoying the daily painting and recording a journal entry of the day and the painting.