A Taste of Art - London : 1 City - 10 Museums - 100 Works of Art

A Taste of Art -London takes the reader on a journeyaround ten of the city’s galleries, exploring ten significant artworks at eachlocation and offering an insightful ‘taste’ of art - the ultimate antidote tomuseum fatigue. The paintings, sculptures and objects selected from eachgallery focus on a different time period in the history of Western art - beginning with pieces from an ‘Emerging Britain’ at The British Museum and concluding with contemporary portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery. ‘Tasting notes’offer an engaging, narrative look at each work, accompanied by a quotation towhet the reader’s appetite; whilst an illustrated ‘key ingredient’ unlocks themeaning and encourages the reader to not only look but more fully explore allone hundred pieces. The book also includes a map, a checklist to tick off what you see and specially commissioned illustrations throughout.