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The Story of Art
The Story of Art is one of the most famous and popular books on art history ever written. E. H. Gombrich presents a clear, narrative survey of the history of visual arts from prehistoric cave paintings to mid-twentieth-century modernism, illustrating how artistic techniques, perspectives, and cultural expressions have evolved through the ages. Contents: Introduction: On Art and Artists; 1. Strange Beginnings: Prehistoric and Primitive Peoples, Ancient America; 2. Art for Eternity: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete; 3. The Great Awakening: Greece, Seventh to Fifth Century BC; 4. The Realm of Beauty: Greece and the Greek World, Fourth Century BC to First Century AD; 5. World Conquerors: Romans, Etruscans, and Early Christian Art; 6. A Parting of Ways: Rome and Byzantium, Fifth to Thirteenth Century; 7. Looking Eastwards: Islamic and Chinese Art, Second to Thirteenth Century; 8. Art in the Melting Pot: Europe, Sixth to Eleventh Century; 9. The Church Militant: The Twelfth Century; 10. The Church Triumphant: The Thirteenth Century; 11. Courtiers and Burghers: The Fourteenth Century; 12. The Conquest of Reality: The Early Fifteenth Century; 13. Tradition and Innovation: The Later Fifteenth Century in Italy; 14. Tradition and Innovation II: The Northern Renaissance; 15. Harmony Attained: Rome and Venice, Early Sixteenth Century; 16. Light and Colour: Venice and Northern Italy, Early Sixteenth Century; 17. The New Learning Spreads: Germany and the Netherlands, Early Sixteenth Century; 18. A Crisis of Art: Europe, Later Sixteenth Century; 19. Vision and Visions: Catholic Europe, First Half of the Seventeenth Century; 20. The Mirror of Nature: Holland, Seventeenth Century; 21. Power and Glory: Italy, France, and Germany, Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; 22. Power and Glory II: England and America, Eighteenth Century; 23. The Age of Reason: France and England, Late Eighteenth Century; 24. Permanent Revolution: The Nineteenth Century; 25. In Search of New Standards: The Late Nineteenth Century; 26. Experimental Art: The First Half of the Twentieth Century; 27. A Story Without End: The Triumph of Modernism; 28. A Changing Past: A Postscript on the History of Art; Index and Maps.
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