Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post Modernism
- ISBN-10
- 0671747282
- ISBN-13
- 9780671747282
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991-12-15
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Adelheid M. Gealt, Bruce Cole
Description
Traces the history of Western art from its classical roots up to the present day, and integrates the works of each period with the history, values, and ideals that gave birth to them
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Other editions
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- 1989
- 345 pages
- Paperback
- Summit Books
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