[Illustration: FIG. 1.--THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH.] A HISTORY OF ART FOR BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS PAINTING--SCULPTURE--ARCHITECTURE WITH _COMPLETE INDEXES AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS_ BY CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT AUTHOR OF "HANDBOOK OF LEGENDARY AND MYTHOLOGICAL ART," "PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ENGRAVERS, ARCHITECTS AND THEIR WORKS," "ARTISTS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY," ETC. [Illustration] NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY MDCCCXCI COPYRIGHT, 1887, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES, SUCCESSOR TO WHITE, STOKES, & ALLEN. [Illustration] CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE ANCIENT OR HEATHEN ARCHITECTURE. 3000 B.C. TO A.D. 328, 1 EGYPT, 2 ASSYRIA, 20 BABYLON, 29 PERSIA, 34 JUDEA, 44 GREECE, 46 ETRURIA, 71 ROME, 74 CHAPTER II. CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE. A.D. 328 TO ABOUT 1400, 87 GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, 93 BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE, 117 SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE, 123 CHAPTER III. MODERN ARCHITECTURE. A.D. 1400 TO THE PRESENT TIME, 133 ITALY, 134 SPAIN, 145 FRANCE, 153 ENGLAND, 166 GERMANY, 172 THEATRES AND MUSIC HALLS, 179 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 181 GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS, 191 INDEX, 195 [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.