History of art. Painting from Giotto to this day

This book - an affordable story about the history of Western painting from the Middle Ages to the present day - will serve as a reference to students, a wide range of readers and artists who want to refresh their knowledge on the history of Western art. It does not just collect facts from the biographies of artists, but tells about the contribution of everyone to the development of art, about what time he lived, to which direction belonged to, and about who or what served as a source of inspiration for him.
"Reading about painting means to think about it seriously - after some you will feel more confident and begin, for example, to notice the connection between the canvases of Manet and Goya or to capture the same emotional fullness of the works of Rothko and Caravaggio. The task of the "History of Art" is to help you learn to notice such things, as well as supply you with the necessary knowledge and arouse inspiration. "
2nd edition