DEMARGNE (Pierre). The Birth of Greek Art - Lot 63

DEMARGNE (Pierre). The Birth of Greek Art Paris, Gallimard, *L'Univers des Formes* series edited by André Malraux and Georges Salles, circa 1964. A major work devoted to the origins of Greek art, from the Aegean and Cretan-Mycenaean civilizations to the emergence of Archaic art. Pierre Demargne, one of France’s leading specialists in Greek antiquity, traces the Eastern, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian influences that shaped the earliest artistic expressions of the Hellenic world before the emergence of a distinctly Greek artistic language. Richly illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, this book offers a masterful overview of the arts of the Aegean, Minoan Crete, Mycenae, and the early centuries of Greek civilization. A classic from the prestigious *L'Univers des Formes* collection, which profoundly transformed the approach to the history of ancient art. A beautiful copy with an illustrated dust jacket.