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Art History

by Marilyn Stokstad, David Cateforis · 1995

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Exceptional in its scholarship and stunning in its beauty, this is the art history book of choice for a new generation. Balancing both the traditions of art history and the new trends of the present. Art History is the most comprehensive, accessible, and magnificently illustrated work of its kind.

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epic · 1280 pages

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