The Observer's Book of Painting and Graphic Art

Observers’ book on art includes 16 plates in full colour and 57 monochrome reproductions. Contents include – List of Illustrations – The Apprecitiation of Pictures – The Character and uses of the Artist’s Media – Periods, Schools and Styles – The Artist’s Theme: Landscape, Imaginative Subject Composition, The Religious Subject, Genre Painting, Portraiture, The Human Figure, Animals in Art, Still Life, Trends in Modern Art – Glossary of Terms in Common Use – Painters and Draughtsmen.