The History of Western Painting: A Young Person’s Guide Available to Purchase

Other title:

The History of Western Sculpture: A Young Person’s Guide

Juliet Heslewood

Belitha Press

London

1997

64 pp.

ISBN 1 85561 719 6

£6.99

The History of Western Art Series

Keywords Art, Sculpture

LCSH Sculpture ‐ history ‐ juvenile literature

These are very welcome re‐issues of two highly attractive, but above all informative, books introducing art to the nine‐ 13 year‐old age range. The Times Educational Supplement apparently described the volume on painting as “the book itself is a work of art”: one should beware quotations out of context from reviews and the comment does seem slightly hyperbolic, but...