“The study of the origins of art has a surprise in store…”
Bazin, Conservateur-en-Chef of the Louvre, surveys the record of man's achievements in painting, sculpture, and architecture from prehistoric times to the present. His concise and authoritative text is illustrated with more than 650 pictures gathered from public and private art collections throughout the world and arranged in a spacious format.
New York: Bonanza Books, 1959. Hardcover. Octavo. 574 pages. Dust jacket in good condition with edge wear—in protector. Boards nearly flawless. Slight crushing at spine ends. Binding tight and square. Pages slightly tanned. Beautiful copy.
