Preface

INTRODUCTION
On art and artists 15

Strange Beginnings
Prehistoric and primitive peoples; Ancient 39

America
Art for Eternity
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete 55

The Great Awakening
Greece, seventh to fifth century BC 75

The Realm of Beauty
Greece and the Greek world, fourth century 9

BC to first century AD
World Conquerors
Romans, Buddhists, Jews and Christians,

first to fourth century AD
A Parting of Ways
Rome and Byzantium, fifth to thirteenth

century
Looking Eastwards
Islam, China, second to thirteenth century

Western Art in the Melting Pot
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