Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

Eighteen Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Classic Ghost Stories

Frima F. Hofrichter

Penelope J. E. Davies

Walter B. Denny

Joseph Jacobs

Ann M. Roberts

David L. Simon

Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

New York

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Western Tradition

This four-part volume uses an exceptional art programwith sumptuous color picturesto introduce readers to a succession of art styles from prehistoric times and ancient Egypt, to the vast world of Western painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the minor arts. Elegantly written, it contains a balanced and interesting narrative that increases ones ability to understand art.Parts I and II cover The Ancient World and The Middle Ages, with a look at prehistoric; Egyptian; ancient near eastern; Aegean; Greek; Etruscan; Roman; early Christian, Byzantine, and Medieval; Romanesque; and Gothic art. Part III looks at the Renaissance through the Rococowith a focus on the early and high renaissance in Italy; mannerism and other trends; "Late Gothic" painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts; and the Baroque in Italy, Spain, Flanders, Holland, France and England. Part IV is a treatment on the modern world, including Neoclassicism and Romanticism; Realism and Impressionism; Post-impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau; Twentieth-Century painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography; and Postmodernism.For those who appreciate art as individual works, rather than a mere collection of data.

Janson's History of Art

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Louisa Baldwin, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Conrad, F. Marion Crawford, Disraeli, Amelia B. Edwards, Elizabeth Gaskell, Goethe, William Fryer Harvey, W. W. Jacobs, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Mauppassant, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. G. Wells

Classic Ghost Stories

Frima F. Hofrichter; Penelope J. E. Davies; Walter B. Denny; Joseph Jacobs; Ann M. Roberts; David L. Simon

Janson's History of Art

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Louisa Baldwin, E. F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Conrad, F. Marion Crawford, Disraeli, Amelia B. Edwards, Elizabeth Gaskell, Goethe, William Fryer Harvey, W. W. Jacobs, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Mauppassant, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. G. Wells

Classic Ghost Stories

Frima F. Hofrichter; Penelope J. E. Davies; Walter B. Denny; Joseph Jacobs; Ann M. Roberts; David L. Simon

Janson's History of Art