A World History of Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts |
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Contents
Introduction Prehistoric | 9 |
The Art of Mesopotamia Egypt | 23 |
Aegean | 74 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A World History of Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts |
| Author | Gina Pischel |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Jan 19, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0671220136, 9780671220136 |
| Length | 754 pages |
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