The Art Book, Revised Edition

A brand-new revised and updated edition of Phaidon's accessible, acclaimed A-Z guide to the most important artists of all time

Updated for only the third time in its 16-year history, this new edition of the award-winning landmark publication has been refreshed with more than 40 important new artists, including many previously overlooked and marginal practitioners. The new edition spotlights more than 600 great artists from medieval to modern times. Breaking with traditional classifications, it throws together brilliant examples from all periods, schools, visions, and techniques, presenting an unparalleled visual sourcebook and a celebration of our rich, multifaceted culture.

Artists featured for the first time in this edition include: Berenice Abbott, Hilma af Klint, El Anatsui, Romare Bearden, Mark Bradford, Cao Fei, Cecily Brown, Judy Chicago, John Currin, Guerrilla Girls, Lee Krasner, Jacob Lawrence, Kerry James Marshall, Joan Mitchell, Zanele Muholi, Takashi Murakami, Louise Nevelson, Clara Peeters, Jenny Saville, Wolfgang Tillmans, and more

• Celebrated and award-winning title, published in more 20 languages and in a variety of formats, which has introduced millions of people worldwide to art and artists
• Showcases art from medieval times to the present day, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, video, installations, and performance
• Updated with 40 additional works, including overlooked historical and cutting-edge contemporary artists
• Each artist is represented by a key work and an informative, explanatory text on the piece and its creator
• Debunks art-historical classifications by juxtaposing brilliant examples across periods, schools, visions, and techniques