Cover title: Young people's story of fine art, 15,000 B.C.-1,800 A.D.

Originally published as a part of the author's A child's history of art.

the oldest pictures in the world;
the ancient egyptians;
artists of the two river country;
the lost paintings of greece;
greek paintings on jars, jugs and vases;
early christian art;
cimabue and giotto;
fra angelico, the angel like brother;
early italian renaissance painters;
the beginning of the high renaissance;
more renaissance painters;
michelangelo, the sculptor who painted pictures;
leonardo da vinci;
six great artists from venice;
del sarto and correggio;
flemish art;
two dutch artists;
artists of the german renaissance;
jan vermeer of delft;
spanish artists;
landscapes and signboards