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A MANUAL OF THE
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ART.
A MANUAL
OF THE HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT OF ART
Pre-historic—Ancient—Classic—Early Christian
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Ornamentation
BY
G. G. ZERFFI, Ph.D., F.R.S.L.
ONE OF THE LECTURERS OF H. M. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART.
LONDON:
HARDWICKE & BOGUE, 192 PICCADILLY, W.
1876.
LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET
The right of translation is reserved.
This Book is Inscribed
TO
E. J. POYNTER, Esq., R.A.
DIRECTOR OF THE ART TRAINING SCHOOLS,
SOUTH KENSINGTON,
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS GENIUS AS A PAINTER,
AND OF
HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS IN PROMOTING
HIGHER ART EDUCATION.
PREFACE.
An experience of more than eight years as Lectureron the ‘Historical Development of Art,’ at theNational Art Training School, South Kensington, hasconvinced me of the necessity for a short and conciseManual, which should serve both the public and studentsas a guide to the study of the history of art.In all our educational establishments, colleges, andladies’ schools, the study of art-history, which oughtto form one of the most important subjects of oureducational system, is entirely neglected. To suggestand to excite to such a study is the aim of this book.It would be impossible to exhaust in a short volumeeven that section of the subject which I propo