Art and Civilization - 2nd Edition Author:Bernard S. Myers Most histories of world art--and there are a good many--deal with the story of art and its stylistic development through the ages. Bernard S. Myers' Art and Civilization, however, is the only one of these books with a consistent and identifiable viewpoint. As the title indicates, the author traces the history of art not merely for its own sake b... more »ut also as an exciting reflection of the general history of civilization from pre-historic times to the present day. In each of its twenty-seen sections he provides a general historical introduction--which presents the cultural, political and social phenomena of that particular epoch--and then relates these phenomena directly to the art of that period.« less