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Buyer-Focused Description
Eric Newton’s European Painting and Sculpture, in the 1956 fourth edition, combines a broad history of art with the distinctive presentation of a vintage Pelican paperback. Its turquoise pictorial cover, original 85¢ cover price and illustrated interior make this an appealing addition to an art-history shelf or a collection of mid-century Penguin publications.
Newton follows the development of painting and sculpture through ancient civilizations, Byzantine and Gothic art, the Italian Renaissance and the European schools that followed, concluding with the twentieth century. Chapters on Florence, Siena, Italian sculpture and the High Renaissance give particular depth to the Renaissance material, while the opening chapters explore the nature of art and representation.
The edition is introduced as completely revised, with an enlarged 32-page section of plates. The photographed illustrations include contrasting Nativity paintings by Piero della Francesca and Botticelli, showing how the book brings different artistic approaches into direct comparison. The contents also list a diagram appendix, a classified list of artists and an index—useful features for readers exploring connections across periods and schools.
Item Specifics
- 📖 Title: European Painting and Sculpture
- ✍️ Author: Eric Newton
- 🏛️ Publisher: Penguin Books
- 🐦 Series: Pelican Books, A82
- 📅 Publication Year: 1956
- 📚 Edition: Fourth edition
- 📘 Binding: Paperback / softcover
- 🌐 Language: English
- 🎨 Subjects: Art history, European painting, sculpture and Renaissance art
- 🖼️ Illustrations: Black-and-white plates; cover states “With 32 Plates”
- 🔵 Cover: Turquoise pictorial wrappers with printed 85¢ price
- 📦 Quantity: One book per vintage condition, with cover and spine wear, creasing and small edge chips, including wear and loss at the lower spine corner. Pages are noticeably age-toned with scattered spotting, and a small brown stain appears near the upper-right corner of the front cover.
Additional Details
Includes one copy of the 1956 fourth-edition paperback shown in the photos. The publication history begins with 1941 and ends with “Fourth edition 1956.”
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