A World History of Art (Revised 7th edition)

An earlier seventh edition of this work was fully reviewed in these columns by Bob Duckett (RR 2006/164). This latest revised edition produced in 2009 has changed little in layout. Chapter 22 entitled Into the Third Millennium has been revised and updated and there seem to be some new photographs and illustrations. Apart from these subtle changes, there seems to be little that this reviewer can add to the previous review. This is an excellent reference work which would be very suitable for a specialist library in a college of art or university department. If used for this purpose,...