(2017) Embark on a grand tour of art history with this guide to the story of art, and the big ideas and themes behind the world’s most important artistic movements, artworks, and artists. The Art Book explores the more than 80 of the world’s most groundbreaking artworks by history’s most influential painters, sculptors, and artists with stunning visuals and insightful quotations. Discover key artworks and artists from across the globe, stretching from the prehistoric Altamira cave paintings and Chinese jade carvings to more impressionism, symbolism, cubism, and pop art. Understand the ideas that inspired masterpieces by Botticelli, Rembrandt, Klimt, Matisse, Picasso, and dozens more, with The Art Book’s fascinating overview of painting, drawing, printing, sculpture, conceptual art, and performance art, from ancient history to the modern day.