New book Painting The History of Paintings of Disasters

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This is the latest work of the author of the bestseller "Scary Pictures" series of paintings. Pandemic, starvation, natural disasters, war … The history of mankind is also the history of fighting against disasters. Artists have been at the mercy of harsh destinies and have painted images of people who resist them. Munch painted the overflowing love that those who die from the plague showed to those who survive, Milley painted the resilience of young people who are recovering from natural disasters, and Goya painted the savage of people full of anger. This book explains the historical background of such disasters and introduces a number of famous paintings that grab people's hearts even today.