The Story of Painting: The Essential Guide to the History of Western Art"The story of painting is one that is immensely rich in meaning, yet its value is all too often hidden from us by the complexities of historians. We must forget the densities of 'history' and simply surrender to the wonder of the story." Sister Wendy Beckett Sister Wendy's Story of Painting in 450 masterpieces reproduced in full color chronicles the developments and movements in painting over the past 800 years from Gothic to Renaissance, Romanticism