Liu Chun 
100 Lectures on Western Oil Painting Masterpieces 

Western oil painting masterpieces are a special asset of human civilization. They record the history of human civilization by the form of image, express sincere feelings of artists at different periods and also embody their profound thoughts and courage of exploration and pursuit. This book begins with Giotto, the father of Western painting who got rid of medieval painting style, made a clean break with the traditional art and first set the precedent for Italian Renaissance. From the works selected in the book, it went through the early stages of the Renaissance, but also reflected the vigorous development of European paintings during the Italian Renaissance; especially the Renaissance in the north, from Realism to Mannerist, and Baroque and Rococo paintings later, became the mainstream of paintings in the 17th and 18th century.