A History of art

by Lawrence Gowing

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Title	A History of art
Author	Lawrence Gowing
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Tags	Art, History
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Your review	While in college, my family gave me the hefty, gargantuan, 900+ page, extensive, "A History of Art" by Gowing. Nearly a decade later, and after it has been beaten up because of so many moves, I am now reading it. So far it is has been a great read, as it provides the historical background to the objects of art. The chapters between Egyptian to Roman art give a sense of the type of world Jews during the time of the Bible and first century Christians were living in. I only wish I had read it sooner. Link: http://pakws.blogspot.com/2008/07/inf...
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LC classification 1	N25 .E53 1983 vol. 1 N5300
Dewey 1	709 s 709 19
Subjects	Art Art › History
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Date finished	2008-08-01
Summary 0	A History of art by Lawrence Gowing (1983), American ed
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Number of copies	1
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Data source	Library of Congress

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