HENDRIK VAN LOON - THE ARTS OF MANKIND- 1944 ED- ARTBOOK LLUS. WITH B&W DRAWINGS

Hendrik van Loon. exploration of the arts of man through the ages is a delight to read.  A comprehensive history of the arts, well illustrated by the author. It took Hendrik van Loon 30 years to learn enough to write The Arts, and then it took him 10 years to write it. The result is a book that cannot be duplicated anywhere in any language: a book about all the arts for all the people. His most ambitious work. Contents include: Foreword; Prologue; The Art of Prehistoric Man; The Art of Egypt; Babylon and Chaldea and the Land of the Mysterious Sumerians; Heinrich Schliemann; The Art of the Greeks; The Age of Pericles; Pots and Pans and Earrings.RUSSIA, PERSIA, PROVENCE, GOTHIC, RENAISSANCE, FLORENCE,INVENTION OF OIL PAINTING, ITALIAN PICTURE FACTORY, AMERICA, BAROQUE ILLUSTRATIONS: Mysterious art of unknown rac, Taj Mahal, Art without perspective, Art of summarizing, LIon Gate, Greek pottery, Catacombs, Mosaics, Romanesque sculptuyre, Gothic sculpture, Mexico.

Ilust with drawings etc. Green Hardback 1944 Harrap War Economy 571 pages including  index.   Hardback pages white and clean and wellbinded internally.  Green hardback good condition,  Little wear to covers SEE PHOTOS. Worn dust cover.(see photo)