A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

Chapter 26: Transcriber's Notes

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A comprehensive introductory survey that traces painting, sculpture, and architecture from ancient civilizations through medieval Christian styles to modern national schools, illustrating characteristic forms, materials, and ornament across Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Greece, Etruria and Rome, then Byzantine, Gothic and Islamic developments, and later Renaissance and national movements in Italy, Spain, France, England, Germany and the United States. Chapters explain structural elements, decorative motifs, notable building types and stylistic shifts, and the text is supported by numerous illustrations, plans and a technical glossary to guide beginners and students through visual characteristics and historical progression.

Transcriber's Notes

Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected.

Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.

Mid-paragraph illustrations have been moved between paragraphs and some illustrations have been moved closer to the text that references them.

Uncaptioned illustrations are decorative Headpieces or the publisher's logo on the Title page.

Most Index entries that did not match the referenced text have been changed when the differences were hyphenation or accent marks. However, the Index entries for "Neo-Grec" have not been changed to "Néo-Grec".

The links for some incorrect Index entries have been remedied, but others may remain, as the Index was not checked for accuracy.

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