Here are twenty world-famous artworks featured in easy-to-followchronological order, including: Jan Van Eyck's <em>The Arnolfini Portrait</em>,Paolo Uccello's <em>The Battle of San Roman</em>o, Sandro Botticelli's <em>Primavera</em>,Leonardo da Vinci's <em>Mona Lisa</em>, Pieter Bruegel the Elder's <em>Children'sGames</em>, Jan Vermeer's <em>The Artist's Studio</em>, John Constable's <em>The Hay Wain</em>,Winslow Homer's <em>Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)</em>, Auguste Renoir's <em>La Loge</em>,Berthe Morisot's <em>Summer's Day</em>, Georges Seurat's <em>A Sunday on La GrandeJatte</em>, Paul Cézanne's <em>Mont Sainte-Victoire</em>, and Paul Gauguin's <em>Where DoWe Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?</em><br /><br />All of the works are remarkable paintings with remarkable historiesthat have been chosen specifically to appeal to a young audience. Theillustrations include a portrait or self-portrait of each artist, as wellas a reproduction of their masterpiece, along with carefully selecteddetails and other paintings by the same artist for comparison.<br /><br />The entertaining and informative texts give an account of the artistsat work, and extended picture captions offer further information. Eachsection is accompanied by a “Why Don't You?” box suggesting a practicalart project; a “Did You Know?” box with extra information; and a “Wantto See More?” feature box with useful Web sites.