A Text-Book of the History of Painting

A concise, classroom-oriented survey traces the development of painting from ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern origins through Greek, Roman, medieval and successive national schools, with extended treatment of Italian Renaissance phases and chapters on French, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, German, British, and American painting. The work emphasizes principal works, representative artists, and stylistic developments, offering short critical estimates of painters, chapter bibliographies, illustrations, and lists of notable extant works with their locations. Archaeological digressions and abstract aesthetic theory are intentionally avoided, and decorative traditions of certain non-Western cultures are set aside for separate consideration.