Table of Contents: “…Bunker -- Stamp and cylinder seals of the ancient Near East / Edith Porada -- Ancient art of Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean / Glenn Markoe.…”

Table of Contents: “…The new barbarians -- Reality questioned and answered -- Images of progress -- Art is dead : long live art -- Calls to order -- The old masters of modern art -- Art in the American grain -- Post-war art in Europe -- Recent painting and sculpture -- Beyond painting and sculpture -- Post-isms, neo-isms and art -- The artist in modern society.…”

Table of Contents: “…Vol. 1. The birth of art: Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age -- The rise of civilization: the art of the Ancient Near East -- Pharaohs, tombs, and temples: the art of Ancient Egypt -- Minos and the heroes of Homer: the art of the Prehistoric Aegean -- Gods, heroes, and athletes: the art of Ancient Greece -- Paths to enlightenment: the ancient art of South and Southeast Asia -- Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism: The art of Early China and Korea -- Sacred statues and secular scrolls: the art of early Japan -- Italy before the Romans: the art of the Etruscans -- From Seven Hills to Three Continents: the art of Ancient Rome -- Pagans, Christians, and Jews: the art of late antiquity -- Rome in the East: the art of Byzantium -- Muhammad and the Muslims: Islamic art -- From Alaska to the Andes: the arts of the Ancient Americas -- South of the Sahara: early African art -- Europe after the fall of Rome: early Medieval art in the West -- The age of Pilgrims and Crusaders: Romanesque Art The age of the great cathedrals: gothic art. -- Vol. 2. …”

Table of Contents: “…-- To my fellow-composers -- The completion of the percussion family in the orchestra -- Sargent's contributions to music -- The orchestra for Australia -- The gregarious art of music -- Music for ensemble players -- Impressions of art in Europe -- Part IV: 1931-1939 -- Democracy in music -- A general study of the manifold nature of music -- Arnold Dolmetsch: musical Confucius -- Can music become a universal language? …”
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