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User Review - renardkitsune - LibraryThingI read the whole thing, cover to cover. It took a long time because I really could only read it in small increments, as it is rather dry. I do not think that is any fault of the author, however ... Read full review
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User Review - sandra.k.heinzman - LibraryThingI read this book in college when I took an Art History class - probably the best class I ever took. We read the entire book and I saw many of the paintings when I went to Europe after graduation, and ... Read full review
Contents
PREFACES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 11 |
PART | 44 |
CHAPTER ONE PREHISTORIC ART | 50 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Art, Volume 2 History of Art, Horst Woldemar Janson |
| Author | Horst Woldemar Janson |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | Prentice Hall, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0138492255, 9780138492250 |
| Length | 993 pages |
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