The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 by Richard Muther is the first part of an ambitious and influential survey of European painting from the eighteenth century onward. Muther, a German art historian, traces the schools and movements of the modern era with vivid critical judgment, bringing the developments of recent painting before a broad international readership.
This opening volume sets out the beginnings of the modern tradition before the later volumes carry the story toward the close of the nineteenth century. The work was widely read in its day and helped shape popular understanding of modern art. This free EPUB download is cleanly formatted for any e-reader.