San Antonio College Library

Por primera vez en un solo volumen, la producción artística gestada en el actual territorio de Colombia, desde las manifestaciones previas al Descubrimiento hasta aquellas aparecidas a lo largo del siglo XX.

The art and architecture of Greece and Rome lie at the heart of the classical tradition of the western world and their legacy is so familiar as to have become commonplace. The legacy may appear simple, but the development of classical art in antiquity was complex and remarkably swift. It ran from near abstraction in eighth-century BC Greece, through years of observation and learning from the arts of the non-Greek world to the east and in Egypt, to...

"First published in London 1926." "List of principal works consulted:" p. 115-117.

Over 800 illustrations.

"In this introduction, Jaromir Malek, an internationally respected authority, deftly traces Egyptian art from its prehistoric origins through 3000 years of astonishing achievements in the era of the pharaohs to the conquest of Egypt by the Romans. He outlines artistic trends in each period, linking them to economic, political and spiritual developments, and discusses the full range of artistic output: monumental architecture, sculpture, wall-reliefs...