Art and Human Consciousness

This survey of Western art from ancient Egypt to Picasso looks at visual art in a completely new and imaginative way. The lively and penetrating obser­vations will inspire and enthuse the novice, while breathing new life into the thinking of art critics and historians.

Gottfried Richter concerns himself broadly with architecture, sculpture, and painting--as well as mythology and legend--in pre­senting the creations of artist and architect as an expression of the evolution of human consciousn...