Our three-hour tour at the National Gallery of Art was outstanding. Our guide, a working art professor, selected important paintings from the Late Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, and Post-Impressionist periods as vehicles to both explain the changes in Western art from the late fourteenth to early twéntieth centuries, and to highlight the special strengths of the National Gallery’s collection. Her commentary was lucid, interesting, and informative, pitched perfectly for a non specialist audience. Finally, her manner was warm, approachable, and personable. Highly recommended.
