JB14735 The Chautauqua-Century Press / Flood and Vincent New York / Pennsylvania USA 1893 First Thus Hard Cover Very Good Brown cloth on boards. 250 pp. includes index. Volume is lightly worn on the edges, starting to fray at the head of the spine. Eps. are browned. Now in protective wrap. Profusely Illustrated with photos and drawings. Written as a textbook, with art and history of civilization in the time of Roman and Middle Ages as the subject. From the Introduction: "... a history of art is not so much a history of the arts of design as it is a history of civilization... an indispensable part of the philosophy and knowledge of general history. This is because it deals with the now visible relics of the past; not only with buildings, statues, reliefs, and paintings, but with fabrics, utensils, coins, furniture, and all the accessories of daily life; for in historic periods all these things were given an appropriate artistic treatment. The grand divisions between the successive epochs of the ascendency of the ancient Oriental nations - of the Greeks, of the Romans, of the Germanic races (the Middle Ages) and of the Italians (the Renaissance) - are only seen distinctly when the history of art is called in evidence." $35.00USD
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