Artists Who Changed History (DK History Changers)

Artists Who Changed History places well-known artists in their historical and cultural context, showing you how they came to influence Art as we know it today. In this Art guide, each artist is introduced with a realistic portrait and biographical entries that trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired and influenced them. Entries explore each individual's key ideas and working methods and set their ideas in context, conveying a powerful sense of the place and the period of history in which they lived. Artists Who Changed History provides revealing insights into what drove each individual to develop new ways of understanding the world.