Glubok, Shirley

A lecturer to children at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City shows through text and photographs how the Egyptians lived before 3100 B.C. until Roman times.

Shows art works ranging from early cultures "up to the Chimu and Inca Empires, spanning about 2,000 years ending with the time of the Spanish conquest. The art of these early cultures unfolds with ... examples of pottery; finely woven textiles; superb works in silver, gold, wood, and stone; and massive architecture"--Publisher's note.

Depicts the customs and history of the era of knighthood and chivalry through descriptions of armor surviving as museum pieces and works of art.

Discussions of colonial paintings, buildings, and household objects trace the history of art in colonial America.

Shows the influence of nature and natural materials in the handcrafting of masks, totems, beaded and quill-designed clothing, kachinas, pottery, weapons, and other objects by the North American Indian.

Discusses how the paintings, architecture, furniture, sculpture, and other visual arts produced from 1776-1826 reflected the way of life in the new American nation.

Depicts the customs and history of the era of knighthood and chivalry through descriptions of armor surviving as museum pieces and works of art.

Describes the masks, dolls, pipes, soapstone, and ivory carvings and graphics of the Eskimo. Also discusses how the carvers discover the shapes in an ivory tusk through humming and singing.

Discussions of colonial paintings, buildings, and household objects trace the history of art in colonial America.