Description: An engaging history of painting as told through the eyes and hands-on insights of a practicing artist.
Brief description: Lachlan Goudie is a Scottish painter and arts broadcaster. He has presented many BBC documentaries and is the author of The Story of Scottish Art.
Review Quotes: Stupendous . . . an epic of what humanity is capable of, written at the exact moment when we've already assumed machines can or will do everything better . . . a wonderful gift to the world of art lovers.--Simon Schama