Glubok, Shirley

The art of the Etruscans introduces the reader to an age which flourished twenty-five hundred years ago and which greatly influenced the Roman civilization.

Presents various objects of Greek art--vases, statues, buildings, reliefs, friezes, and ornaments--and explains how they were made and used, and aspects of the culture which they present.

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.

Presents various objects of Greek art--vases, statues, buildings, reliefs, friezes, and ornaments--and explains how they were made and used, and aspects of the culture which they present.

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.

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.

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.

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

Presents objects of Roman art--columns, statues, mosaics, portraits, reliefs, buildings, and murals--and explains how and why they were created.