Encyclopedia of World Painting

The Illustrated Art Dictionary by Alexander Vasilyevich Zhukov — a historian and art critic who graduated from the historical faculty of Saratov University. He works at the Radishchev Art Museum and teaches special courses on art history at the university. Before you is an illustrated book on world painting from ancient times to the present day. Historian, art critic, teacher, and author of books, Alexander Zhukov has gathered a vast amount of material on famous artists, key movements, and genres, supplemented by over 450 paintings that are part of world culture. The book can be read from any point: for convenience, the articles are presented in alphabetical order. The book will be useful to all those interested in culture, art, and history, and it will make a wonderful gift and occupy an honorable place in a home library.