GREAT ARTISTS
From Giotto to Turner.
Authors: Tim Marlow, Phil Grabsky & Philip Rance

Audible Edition (Part One)
Narrated by Janet Lawrence
Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins (Approx)

Audible Edition (Part Two)
Narrated by Janet Lawrence
Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins (Approx)

A perfect introduction for anyone interested in the rich history of Western Art. Great Artists takes its listeners on a comprehensive journey through the history of art. This book, part one, provides a dedicated chapter on each of the following artists: Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, and Bruegel. These major painters of Western art are considered, placed in their social context, and discussed in terms of the most recent scholarship. The book explores how and why these painters were significant in changing how the world was seen and represented. Intelligent and accessible, this book ties in with the DVD series from the authors, an ideal work for would-be connoisseurs seeking a pathway into the lives of the great painters.

NAME A CRITICAL BOOK OR TEXT THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE.
“Great Artists: From Giotto to Turner (2001) by Phil Grabsky, Tim Marlow, and Philip Rance. I read this book when I was eighteen. I had just dropped out of a university where I had been studying economics and was about to register for art school at the University of Lagos. My brother sent me the book from London without realizing how intense it was for my level of art appreciation at the time. I wouldn’t say it was a critical text in the conventional sense, but it changed my life”.

Folakunle Oshun, artist, curator and the founder-director of the Lagos Biennial.

Taken from the ARTFORUM Magazine Interview ‘Fifteen Questions for…’