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    <body><![CDATA[It truly is human creativity over time and space.  30,000 years is a very long time.  1,000 masterworks from around the world all cultures and countries from cave drawings to the 20th century in chronological order. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great coffee table book dedicated to art. Just flipping through this book to see the photos of artifacts is already a feast to the eyes but once you have time to read on, you will find more information to widen your appreciation in them. <br/><br/>This book also makes a great present. I gave cou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23974345">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is actually an amazing book but it doesn’t get 5 stars from me because so much is left out that I wish was included. I especially like the timeline that shows the history of the art along with general human history. I doubt that I will ever read every page of this book, the way I normally do ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10155682">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has alot of ground to cover. It goes page by page matching art from all cultures at the same time at the pace of about 100-1000 years per page, picking one particular piece with some short text. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You could kill someone with this book.  Seriously.  It's the biggest book I've ever read.  According to Amazon.com, it is 12.1 x 12.1 x 2.8 inches and weighs 13 pounds.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Why does a book so big STILL leave out many artists! And worse, it's hardly informative.]]></body>
    
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