Certain artists stand out among their contemporaries; they were prodigies, master artists. Biographical and critical details on sixty master artists, along with over one hundred color reproductions of great works, illuminate the pages of this beautiful, informative volume-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Includes index.

Through the Renaissance --The Baroque, Neoclassic, and Romantic movements -- Impressionism and Post-Impressionism -- Twentieth century art.