"The National Gallery of Scotland is widely regarded as one of the finest smaller galleries in the world. The collection includes the greatest names in Western art such as Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Rubens, Watteau, Tiepolo, Canova and many of the impressionists and post-impressionists. It also contains the most comprehensive collection of Scottish art with masterpieces by Ramsay, Raeburn and Wilkie, as well as a host of less familiar names who all made their own contributions to one of the most distinctive of the smaller national schools. This book offers a guide to the collection as well as an accessible and informative introduction to the history of art."--Back cover.

Founded only in 1960, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh already boasts an outstanding collection of modern and contemporary art. The collection includes major works by artists such as Matisse, Picasso, Kirchner, Miro, Magritte, Giacometti, Moore, Lichtenstein and Baselitz, and an exceptional group of Scottish paintings. More than 230 of the finest paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings are illustrated here in colour, alongside descriptions of each work. The book offers a detailed guide to the collection as well as an accessible and informative introduction to modern art.

Since the invention of photography in the 1840s, Scotland has been at the centre of the history and development of the medium. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, hold outstanding collections of photographic art. This book discusses these collections and offers an introduction to photography.

An illustrated guide to the collection of portraits held in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.