Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decadesand included thousands of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints, and tapestrieshis work continued to evolve in response to his own life and to events in the world around him. This elegant introduction to Picasso offers lively artistic and biographical commentary, as well as beautiful reproductions of key works. Readers will discover why Picassos work is often categorised by periods and his masterful achievements in the realms of neoclassicism, surrealism, and sculpturein short, how his tremendous body of work reflected the development of modern art in the 20th century.