The Childhood of Art, or The Ascent of Man: a Sketch of the Vicissitudes of his Upward Struggle, based chiefly on the Relics of his Artistic Work in Prehistoric Times

Abstract

THE first edition of this book was published so long ago as 1912. It was then rightly acclaimed as a book which no student of early art could afford to be without. It gave a balanced sketch of primitive art as then known with a wealth of illustration. It was up-to-date and truly ‘the last word on the subject’. The Childhood of Art, or The Ascent of Man: a Sketch of the Vicissitudes of his Upward Struggle, based chiefly on the Relics of his Artistic Work in Prehistoric Times. Herbert Green Spearing. Second and revised edition. Vol. 1. Pp. xxxvi + 254 + 62 plates. Vol. 2. Pp. iv + 255–548 + 56 plates. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1930.) 42s. net.