Art and Civilization -

Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967.. Very Good/Unknown. Quarto, hardcover, near fine in edgeworn oirange and yellow marbled dj with white lettering. 423 pages plus index; 2nd edition. Black and white photographs throughout. preface; plates; prehistoric and modern primitives; ancient egypt; ancient mesopotamia and persia; crete and mycenae; the coming of greek art; from hellenistic to roman world empire; the art of india; china and japan; art and culture of the early americas; early christian and byzantine art; the early middle ages in the west; romanesque europe; islamic civilization; from castle to commune: the rise of gothic art; the rise of humanism: fifteenth-century italy; the decline of feudalism: fifteenth century flanders; the rise of humanism: early sixteenth century italy; the reformation; the mannerist crisis; the baroque age; the protestant baroque; from absolutism to free thought: england and the united states in the eighteenth century; from absolutism to free thought: france, italy, germany in the eighteenth century; art in the modern world: nineteenth century; art in the modern world: the united states in the nineteenth century; art in the modern world: twentieth century painting and sculpture; art in the modern world: twentieth century architecture; bibliography; index.