If you are seriously seeking a first-rate crash-course in the overall history of world art - Then - You really don't need to look any further than this superbly presented visual guide that certainly covers it all - Beautifully.
Impressively compiled (with informative text) by American art critic, Robert Cumming - "Art - A Visual History" is, without question, an excellent book on the fascinating subject of art that is, literally, filled-to-overflowing with everything that you've ever wanted to know about art, but just didn't know where to look.
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