The Arts of Mankind (in French L'Univers des formes), an ambitious series of art history survey books founded in 1958 for the French publisher Gallimard by André Malraux[1], who edited many of the volumes in collaboration with art historian Georges Salles. Over 40 volumes have appeared to date; roughly half have been translated into English, as follows:

  • Sumer: The Dawn of Art, by André Parrot
  • The Arts of Assyria, by André Parrot
  • The Birth of Greek Art, by Pierre Demargne
  • Carolingian Art, by Jean Hubert, Jean Porcher and WF Volbach
  • African Art, by André Parrot
  • The Studios and Styles of the Italian Renaissance: Italy 1460–1500, by André Chastel
  • Europe of the Invasions, by Jean Hubert
  • Archaic Greek Art 620–480 B.C., by Jean Charbonneaux, Roland Martin, and Francois Villard
  • Classical Greek Art 480–330 B.C., by Jean Charbonneaux, Roland Martin, and Francois Villard
  • Hellenistic Art 330–50 B.C, by Jean Charbonneaux
  • The Arts of the South Pacific, by Jean Guiart
  • The View Painters of Europe, by Giuliano Briganti
  • Rome: the Center of power, by Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
  • Rome: the Late Empire, Roman art AD 200–400, by Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
  • Early Christian Art: from the Rise of Christianity to the Death of Theodosius, by André Grabar
  • Persian art, the Parthian and Sassanian Dynasties, 249 B.C. – 651 A.D., by Charles K. Wilkinson
  • Nineveh and Babylon, by André Parrot
  • The Flowering of the Italian Renaissance, by André Chastel
  • The Golden Age of Justinian, from the death of Theodosius to the rise of Islam, by André Grabar
  • The Art of Ancient Iran: from its origins to the time of Alexander the Great, by Roman Ghirshman
  1. ^ Cerisier, Alban (2000). "L'univers Des Formes (1955-1997): Livres D'art Et Pratiques Éditoriales". Bibliothèque de l’École des chartes. 158 (1): 247–271. ISSN 0373-6237.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_of_Mankind
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