This representative volume features large format plates of an imposing selection of masterpieces from the Kunsthaus Zurich: fascinating late gothic paintings, paintings from the Golden Age of the Netherlands, the Italian baroque, and the Venetian settecento. Compelling images exist in the comprehensive spectrum of Swiss artists, which includes Fuseli, Böcklin, Hodler, Segantini, Vallotton, and sculptor Alberto Giacometti. First-class works by leading painters draw the viewer into the colorful world of impressionism and post-impressionism, at whose center stands a group of works by Claude Monet. Besides pieces by Edvard Munch, there are important works by Oskar Kokoschka, Max Beckmann, and Lovis Corinth. Last but not least, this splendid book features an excellent array of classic modern works by Picasso, Matisse, and Chagall, as well as American post-war art, pop art, and other works up to the present time: Cy Twombly, Joseph Beuys, Francis Bacon, Georg Baselitz, and Fischli/Weiss set the tone here. (English edition ISBN 978-3-7757-1145-6 )