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The Story of Art, by E. H. Gombrich, is a survey of the history of art from ancient times to the modern era. First published in 1950 by Phaidon, the book is widely regarded both as a seminal work of criticism and as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts
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The story of art
1995, Phaidon, Phaidon Press
in English
- 16th ed. (rev. expanded and redesigned).
0714832472 9780714832470
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The story of art
1985, Prentice-Hall
in English
- 14th ed., enl. and reset.
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The story of art
1972, Phaidon [distributed by Praeger, New York
in English
- [12th ed., enl. and redesigned.
0714815225 9780714815220
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The story of art: with 384 illustrations.
1966, Phaidon
in English
- 11th ed., rev. & enl.
0714812986 9780714812984
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The story of art
1966, Phaidon Publishers; distributed by Oxford University Press
in English
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The story of art.
1951, Phaidon Publishers, distributed by Oxford University Press
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The story of art
1951, Phaidon Publishers, distributed by Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents
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{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Strange beginnings : prehistoric and primitive peoples ; ancient America'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Art for eternity : Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'The great awakening : Greece, seventh to fifth century B.C.'}
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{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'A parting of ways : Rome and Byzantium, fifth to thirteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Looking eastwards : Islam, China, second to thirteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Western art in the melting pot : Europe, sixth to eleventh century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'The church militant : the twelfth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'The church triumphant : the thirteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Courtiers and burghers : the fourteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'The conquest of reality : the early fifteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Tradition and innovation : the later fifteenth century in Italy'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Tradition and innovation : the fifteenth century in the North'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Harmony attained : Tuscany and Rome, early sixteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Light and colour : Venice and northern Italy in the early sixteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'The new learning spreads : Germany and the Netherlands in the early sixteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'A crisis of art : Europe, later sixteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Vision and visions : Catholic Europe, first half of the seventeenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'The mirror of nature : Holland in the seventeenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Power and glory : Italy, later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Power and glory : France, Germany and Austria, late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'The age of reason : England and France, eighteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'The break in tradition : England, America, and France, late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Revolution in permanence : the nineteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'In search of new standards : the late nineteenth century'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Experimental art : the twentieth century.'}
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