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A

HISTORY OF ART

FOR

BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS

PAINTING--SCULPTURE--ARCHITECTURE

WITH

_COMPLETE INDEXES AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS_

BY

CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT

AUTHOR OF "HANDBOOK OF LEGENDARY AND MYTHOLOGICAL ART," "PAINTERS,
SCULPTORS, ENGRAVERS, ARCHITECTS AND THEIR WORKS," "ARTISTS OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY," ETC.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY MDCCCXCI

COPYRIGHT, 1887,

BY FREDERICK A. STOKES,

SUCCESSOR TO WHITE, STOKES, & ALLEN.




CONTENTS.


   CHAPTER I.
                                                                    PAGE

   ANCIENT SCULPTURE:

   EGYPT,                                                              1

   ASSYRIA,                                                           10


   CHAPTER II.

   GREEK SCULPTURE,                                          