How to Read Paintings is a valuable visual guide to Western European painting. Through a gallery of artworks accompanied by informative commentary, it enables r

This companion volume to How to Read Paintings explores the context within which artists from the Middle Ages to the present day have worked. Major works of art

How to Read Paintings provides a fascinating analysis of a variety of paintings made in the Western tradition. **Note: Images in paperback are printed in black

Learning art criticism skills to enrich the museum experience.