From the Renaissance to the Present Artistic currents, artists, and techniques in Western art from the Early Renaissance to Anselm Kiefer. Enjoy the development of Western painting in all its diversity on the basis of chosen works accompanied by focused interpretations. Explanations of styles and historical backgrounds, together with artists' biographies, complete this grand synopsis.

Translation of: Geschichte der Malerei von der Renaissance bis heute. Includes index of artists.

Renaissance and Mannerism -- Baroque -- Rococo and Neoclassicism -- Romanticism to Idealism -- Expressionism to Fauvism -- Expressionism to Surrealism -- Abstraction and figurative painting.