Sister Wendy Beckett, the cherubic nun with the razor wit, became a minor media sensation with her BBC television series The Story of Painting. In ten half-hour episodes she took viewers from early art through the Renaissance to modernism, imparting an astonishing amount of information in her lucid and inimitable way. Whether she’s on video or narrating her elegant coffee table book, Sister Wendy is an ideal guide for the arts lover who wants to know more about the history of painting.