Key Moments in Art History: Pocket Art Gallery Series Author: [UK] Lee Cheshire Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company

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Michelangelo's giant statue 'David' exhibited for the first time

Caravaggio murders a young man

Gauguin goes to Tahiti

The Futurist Manifesto appears on the front page of Le Figaro

Warhol paid $50 for an idea

From well-known major events to insignificant details, the 50 key moments included in this book allow us to get a glimpse of the core characteristics of important artists, art movements or themes, leading us through time and space to find the people and places that laid the direction of artistic development, and trace every moment that influenced the development of Western art.