Summary
Splat! traces art history through its key turning points and helps to map important art movements from the Renaissance and Impressionism to Surrealism and contemporary art. At the beginning, a spread explores how early peoples represented animals and everyday life. Then brief sections explore the st... Full description
- Great artists : who and when
- Art in the beginning : from cave paintings to painted churches
- A grand task : Michelangelo
- Everyday life : Bruegel
- Drama in Rome : Caravaggio
- Fit for a king : Velázquez
- Life at home : Vermeer
- Making waves : Hokusai
- Wild nature : Friedrich
- Art and music : Whistler
- First impressions : Monet
- To the point : Seurat
- Starry nights : Van Gogh
- Jungle king : Rousseau
- A new vision : Picasso
- Color and shape : Kandinsky
- But is it art? : Duchamp
- Dream worlds : Dalí
- Self-portrait : Kahlo
- Modern shapes : Hepworth
- Drip painting : Pollock
- Factory-made : Warhol
- Movers and shakers : more exciting artists.