ART IN HISTORY, 600 BC

Art has always been part of history. But we often think of it as outside history. When we look at a painting by Raphael, Rembrandt o r Rubens it speaks to us directly, but it's also an historical document, part of a living world. Renowned art historian Martin Kemp takes the reader on an extraordinary trip through art, from devotional works to the revolutionary techniques of the Renaissance, fro m the courtly Masters of the seventeenth century through to the daring avant-garde of the twentieth century and beyond. Along the wa y we enco...[Read more]