30000 YEARS OF ART

Brought completely up to date for this revised edition and now available in a compact new format, Phaidon's ground-breaking book presents art differently from all other compendia by revealing the huge diversity - or in many cases, the similarity - of artistic achievements around the globe. Images of more than 600 works from all periods and regions are arranged in chronological order, each with a short text that puts the work in critical context and explains its place in the development of art history.