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The author s book is a comprehensive guide to wonderful world of art. This concise, readable survey covers five thousand years of Western painting, decorative arts and crafts, sculpture, and architecture. The author interprets the relationship between art and history, enabling us not only to share in the excitement of his inspiration and achievement. A compact illustrated history of Western art, it traces the evolution of art from the cave painters to the abstractionists. The author places particular emphasis on the pre-Renaissance periods.