Covering many of the most important genres of art—Renaissance, abstraction, Pop, surrealism, impressionism—this engaging, illustrated overview is a crash course in the visual arts. Chloë Ashby reveals the stories behind enduring works by such artists as Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Botticelli, Rousseau, Manet, Courbet, Hepworth, Schiele, Rothko, Bonnard, and Kusama.