This indispensable overview traces the restless energy of modern art with a year-by-year succession of the groundbreaking artworks that shook standards and broke down barriers. Featuring hundreds of paintings, sculptures, photographs, and conceptual pieces that trace the story of modern art’s innovation and adventure.

Experience five foundational Impressionists in a collection of monographs that explores the impact of Degas, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, and van Gogh with in-depth texts and impeccable reproductions. Learn how, via disparate life stories, these masters of light and color came to revolutionize the way the world was seen and painted.