Arts of Mankind

Arts of Mankind

The Arts of Mankind (in French "L’Univers des formes"), an ambitious series of art history survey books founded in 1960 for the French publisher Gallimard by Andre Malraux, who edited many of the volumes. Over 40 volumes have appeared to date; roughly half have been translated into English, as follows:

*"Sumer: The Dawn of Art", by Andre Parrot
*"The Arts of Assyria", by Andre Parrot
*"The Birth of Greek Art", by Pierre Demargne
*"Carolingian Art", by Jean Hubert, Jean Porcher and WF Volbach
*"African Art", by Andre Parrot
*"The Studios and Styles of the Italian Renaissance: Italy 1460-1500", by Andre Chastel
*"Europe of the Invasions", by Jean Hubert
*"Hellenistic Art 330-50 B.C", by Jean Charbonneaux
*"The Arts of the South Pacific", by Jean Guiart
*"The View Painters of Europe", by Giuliano Briganti
*"Rome: the Center of power", by Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
*"Rome: the Late Empire, Roman art AD 200-400", by Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
*"Early Christian Art: from the Rise of Christianity to the Death of Theodosius", by Andre Grabar
*"Persian art, the Parthian and Sassanian Dynasties, 249 B.C. - 651 A.D.", by Charles K. Wilkinson
*"Nineveh and Babylon", by Andre Parrot
*"The Flowering of the Italian Renaissance", by Andre Chastel
*"The Golden Age of Justinian, from the death of Theodosius to the rise of Islam", by Andre Grabar
*"The Art of Ancient Iran: from its origins to the time of Alexander the Great", by Roman Ghirshman


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