Chapter 1

Definition of style--Development of style--Primitive-- Archaic--Egyptian--Babylonian--Phœnician influences on early Greek style--Decoration of hangings of the Tabernacle in the wilderness--Aryan ideas--The Code of Manu--Indian art--Celtic style--Greek art in dress and embroideries--Homer's descriptions of embroideries--Pallas Athene--Shield of Achilles--Roman art--Byzantine art--Art of Central Asia--Its arrival in Europe--Art of China, Japan, and Java--Christian art--Scandinavian art--The Dark Ages--Sicilian textile art--Renaissance--Arabesque-- Grotesque--Spanish Plâteresque--Style of Queen Anne and the Chippendales--Louis XV. style--Classical revival--Young England's style--Nineteenth century style 14