A compendium of fifty great artists and their most important works spans six centuries and includes biographical profiles, information on style, movements, influences, and identifiable techniques for such artists as Michelangelo, Van Gogh, and Matisse.

Rev. ed. of: Great artists. 1st American ed. 1998. Includes index.

What makes a great artist? -- Artists, patrons, & collectors -- Limbourg Brothers -- Masaccio -- Van Eyck -- Van der Goes -- Piero -- Bellini -- Botticelli -- Leonardo -- Dürer -- Michelangelo -- Giorgione -- Raphael -- Titian -- Brueghel -- Caravaggio -- Rubens -- Poussin -- Gentileschi -- Velásquez -- Rembrandt -- Ter Borch -- Canaletto -- Hogarth -- Reynolds -- Fragonard -- Goya -- David -- Friedrich -- Turner -- Constable -- Ingres -- Delacroix -- Courbet -- Manet -- Degas -- Whistler -- Cézanne -- Monet -- Morisot -- Gauguin -- Van Gogh -- Sargent -- Klimt -- Kandinsky -- Matisse -- Klee -- Picasso -- Hopper -- Modigliani -- Pollock.