Dickins, Rosie.

The Usborne book of famous paintings / Famous paintings Rosie Dickins ; with pictures by 35 famous artists plus drawings by Philip Hopman. - London : Usborne, 2009. - 79 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 2 folded sheets (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

The Arnolfini Portrait -- Spring -- St. George and the Dragon -- Mona Lisa -- The Sistine Chapel ceiling -- The Maids of Honour -- The Courtyard of a House in Delft -- Self Portrait -- Girl with a Pearl Earring -- Mr. and Mrs. Andrews -- The Great Wave -- The "Fighting Temeraire" -- Ophelia -- Dance at the Moulin de la Galette -- A Bar at the Folies-Bergiere -- A Sunday on La Grande Jatte -- Sunflowers -- Blue Dancers -- The Scream -- The Kiss -- Harmony in Red -- Water Lilies, Morning -- Yellow - Red - Blue -- Oriental Poppies -- American Gothic -- The Persistence of Memory -- Guernica -- Self Portrait (The Frame ) -- Nighthawks -- Number 6 -- Relativity -- Golconda -- Fall -- Marilyn -- Mr and Mrs. Clark and Percy.

"This lavish book provides a picture-by picture introduction to 35 of the world's best-known, best-loved paintings - from oil paintings to prints - all beautifully reproduced and explained in a simple, engaging way." - cover.

ISBN: 9780746099971 (hbk.) 0746099975 (hbk.) 0794525423 9780794525422

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Painting--History.
Painting--Appreciation.

Dewey Class. No.: 759 759