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The Great Artists : A library of their life, times and paintings

This is a SET of Twenty-five oversize (10" by 14") books about "Great Artists". Each book begins with a brief synoposis of the artist's life and a few of the artist's drawings followed by sixteen full page color plates. One of the color plates in each book is a poster that folds out to 20" by 14".

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The numbered volumes of the Set includes the following "Great Artists":

1. Van Gogh

2. Rembrandt

3. Winslow Homer

4. Renoir

5. Michelangelo

6. Picasso

7. Da Vinci

8. Toulouse-Latrec

9. El Greco

10. Degas

11. Titian

12. Modigliani

13. Rubens

14. Whistler

15. Raphael

16. Gauguin

17. Gainsborough

18. Cezanne

19. Vermeer

20. Matisse

21. Goya

22. Monet

23. Velazquez

24. Bonnard

25. Manet

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 1000 pages

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