In a revolt against Rationalism, Romanticism was characterised by a return to nature and a belief in the goodness of humanity, with the artist considered to be a profoundly individual creator. This book looks at the artists - such as Constable, Goya, Richter and Turner - who defined the movement.

British artist Lucian Freud is widely considered the most important figurative painter working today. Master portraitist and specialist in nudes, Freud uses impasto to create depth and intensity while restraining his colour palate to mostly muted hues.

This is a glimpse into the world of the greatest German Romantic painter. Caspar David Friedrich is considered to be a genius in the history of landscape painting and this work shows us why.

This title showcases the work of the French artist Antoine Watteau.

Reaching its peak in the 11th and 12th centuries, the Romanesque movement was marked by a peculiar, vivid, and often monumental expressiveness in architecture and fine arts. Exploring the first universal style of the European Middle Ages, this book looks at some of the most important works of the epoch.

Presents the work of Egon Schiele (1890-1918) who, along with Oskar Kokoschka, is the painter who had the most long-lasting influence on the Vienna art scene after Klimt. Schiele questioned the aesthetic orientation of the Viennese Art Nouveau with his rough and not easily accessible paintings.