Art: The Critics Choice : 150 Masterpieces of Western Art Selected and Defined by the Experts

by John Russell (Foreword)

Ten essays written by scholars of various periods use representative samples from each to cover the broad range of Western art, from ancient to postmodern.

Genres: Art

368 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

John Russell CBE (22 January 1919 – 23 August 2008) was an English art critic and journalist.

He started his career at the Tate Gallery in 1940, but moved to the country after the gallery was bombed during World War II.

He worked in Naval Intelligence for the Admiralty where he met author Ian Fleming, who helped to secure Russell a reviewing position at The Sunday Times in 1950.
Russell was chief art critic at the New York Times from 1982 to 1990.


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Reviews

[Gerald Thomson]

Though you are certain to disagree with the 150 pieces chosen to represent Western art, this book is still full of great information about artists and movements that proves a nice flow of Western art history. The graphics are beautiful and the experts do point out some interesting details that the layperson may miss. Would make a great reference book for even the casual art appreciator.

[Madeline McEwen]

Something you can back to again, and again, and again.