The Short Story of Modern Art Eugène Delacroix with the artist’s signature on

with the artist’s signature on the spine

Santa appears in place of Venus in Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus in this humorous Christmas card by photographer Ed Wheeler

Each color represents a different month

Edward Hopper

For ages 8 and up

The Short Story of Modern Art Eugène Delacroix with the artist’s signature onThe Short Story of Modern Art explains the how, why and when of modern art who introduced certain things, what they were, where they were produced, and why they matter. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key works from the realist painting of Courbet to a contemporary installation by Yayoi Kusama and then links them to the most important movements, themes and techniques. Accessible, concise and richly illustrated, the book reveals the