250 Masterpieces in Western Painting

250 Masterpieces in Western Painting is a boxed set of Cards that provide a survey of art history. Each Card has a faithful reproduction approved by its art museum; on the Card's reverse are an essay that introduces the painting, examining its influence and meaning, and key facts. These are some of the most influential paintings made in over five centuries of Western art history, or from the 1440s to 1960s.

Why these 250 paintings? They were discussed most often by 40 art historians in nearly two dozen leading art history books. Rather than anyone's subjective choices, Masterpiece Cards offer a consensus identifying some of the best paintings in the world.