Called by Arthur Frommer, the "rising star in travel guide publishing," Rick Steves knows how to write guidebooks that make European culture accessible to everyone. This highly readable overview of European history and culture carefully ties each style of art to its historical era and relates it to the reader's trip. 250 photos. 30 illustrations. 15 maps.
This neat little book gives you enough practical knowledge of European art history to make your trip to the great museums and churches a lot more enjoyable. It connects yesterday's Europe with today's sights -- art, museums, buildings, and people. An essential tool for any traveler's backpack or suitcase.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A Great Book for a bit History and Art "sort-of-interested-person" This is a great book for.......as it said on the book "Europe History and Art 101." Nothing too heavy but very informative. It's really nice easy reading.... some of the jokes were funny at the beginning but not so much at the end because it's bit boring.... but, if you just like to have a easy read then I strongly recommend it. Enjoy~
Art and History of Europe This book is a great little tour guide to the art and history of Europe. The author -- Rick Steves -- a well known tour guide describes the art and history of Europe in plain language which is easy to read and understand. He does not waste words and gets right to the heart of the matter. He also tells you which museums have great collections and mentions specific works of art that he particularly likes or recommends. He does an excellent job putting the works of art into perspective.
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What a great way to enhance your trip I last visited Europe 25 years ago on our honeymoon trip as a fresh graduate from art school. I have just returned from a month long trip to Europe with my family and while on the trip read Europe 101. The book completely enhanced the trip for me by providing the cultural and historical background for the art I was seeing. Yes - it covers several millennia of art and history in 500 pages, yes it is a survey but it is the best overview and survey I have read. RS is very open in the book that this is an... more info
A non-european eye on Europe As being European myself, I expected from this book an independent eye and a reorganizing mind to describe European history and art. I was not deceived. A real overview with the right accents on 525 pages. I especially liked the timelines about each historical period, and the organization of monuments attached to art historical periods. Humour is also present: like hard rock and heavy metal to indicate stone and metal ages of prehistory.
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