?The physical book
The book is 10 x 12 x 1.5 inches and contains some 538 laminate pages. These exibit the main feature of the book, namely, a plethora of color images of paintings, statues and buildings of each respective time frame.
?The content
The book, while endeavoring to provide the history of art, also in its attempts creates a wonderfully beautiful book. The pages are a pleasure to look at. The book begins its analysis of art in the ancient world, continues through to the Renaissance, and eventually ends with art in the 70's and 80's. The book provides a wealth of information about the popular styles through the respective time periods. However, I find that it lacks detail on some of the more profound individauls in more modern times. Namely individuals such as John Singer Sergent whom have become ever more popular since the time the book was published. So, the book is in essence dated in that respect, and therefore cannot present an accurate view of Art history at this time.