《写给学生的艺术史》由卡尔佛特学校前校长维吉尔·M.希利尔构思、设计并编写，也是其生前为孩子们写作的最后一本教材。全书共分三个部分：绘画、雕刻和建筑，共91章，收录了200多幅人类文明史上最有代表性的艺术之作，包括古埃及、古希腊、意大利、德国、荷兰、西班牙、法国、英国、美国等名家作品。希利尔先生亲自编写，并在课堂上进行试讲，不断修订。
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维吉尔·M.希利尔（Virgil Mores Hillyer），出生于美国马萨诸塞州韦茅斯，美国著名教育家。哈佛大学毕业后，毕生从事中小学教育工作，创立了著名的卡尔沃特教育体系，是卡尔沃特学校的首任校长、美国“家庭学校”课程体系的创建者。他酷爱历史和艺术，喜欢旅行。同时他了解孩子们的成长心理，痛感传统教科书的枯燥无味，作为教育革新者，他在美国国内和国际上拥有广泛声誉和影响力。希利尔认为，孩子们应该接受系统的历史、地理、科学和艺术方面的教育，这样才能成为了解世界的全面型人才。他从事教育工作的同时，为孩子们编写了这套以故事对话形式切入，循循善诱，趣味盎然的历史、地理和艺术读物。这套书至今仍是每一个渴望了解世界的孩子的经典读物。

PART I PAINTING
01 THE OLDEST PICTURES IN THE WORLD
02 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE
03 PALACE PICTURE PUZZLES .
04 APRIL FOOL PICTURES
05 JARS AND JUGS
06 PICTURES OF CHRIST AND CHRISTIANS
07 THE SHEPHERD BOY PAINTER
08 THE ANGEL-LIKE BROTHER
09 BORN AGAIN PAINTERS
10 SINS AND SERMONS
11 A GREAT TEACHER AND A "GREATEST" PUPIL.
12 THE SCULPTOR WHO PAINTED PICTURES
13 LEONARDO DA VINCI
14 SIX VENETIANS
15 A TAILOR'S SON AND A MASTER OF LIGHT
16 FLEMINGS
17 TWO DUTCHMEN
18 U AND JR.
19 FORGOTTEN AND DISCOVERED
20 SPEAKING OF SPANIARDS.
21 LANDSCAPES AND SIGN-BOARDS
22 STIRRING TIMES
23 A LATE START
24 THREE ENGLISHMEN WHO WERE DIFFERENT
25 SOME VERY POOR PAINTERS .
26 THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON.
27 POST-IMPRESSIONISM
28 EARLY AMERICANS
29 MORE AMERICANS .
30 TWO EUROPEAN AMERICANS
31 REAL-MEN ARTISTS
PART II SCULPTURE
32 THE FIRST SCULPTURE
33 GIANTS AND PYGMIES.
34 CHERUBS AND KINGS
35 MARBLES
36 STANDING NATURALLY
37 THE GREATEST GREEK SCULPTOR
38 AFTER PHIDIAS
39 PLASTER CASTS
40 TINY TREASURES
41 BAKED EARTH SCULPTURE
42 BUSTS AND RELIEFS
43 STORIES IN STONES
44 THE GATES OF PARADISE
45 A TREASURE HUNTER AND A SECRET
46 NEXT BEST AND BEST
47 FOUR IN ONE
48 CELLINI MAKES HIS PERSEUS
49 A.M. - OR AFTER MICHELANGELO
50 AN ITALIAN AND A DANE
51 ON A POSTAGE STAMP
52 A LION, A SAINT, AND AN EMPEROR
53 A HANDSOME PRESENT
54 THOUGHTS FOR THINKERS
55 OUR OWN SCULPTURE
56 OUR BEST
57 DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
58 WOMEN'S WORK.
59 THE END OF THE TRAIL
PART III ARCHITECTURE
60 THE OLDEST HOUSE
61 HOUSES FOR GODS
62 MUD PIE PALACES AND TEMPLES
63 THE PERFECT BUILDING
64 WOMAN'S STYLE BUILDING
65 NEW STYLES IN BUILDINGS
66 ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY
67 TRIMMINGS
68 EARLY CHRISTIAN
69 EASTERN EARLY CHRISTIANS
70 LIGHTS IN THE DARK
71 ROUND ARCHES
72 CASTLES
73 POINTING TOWARD HEAVEN
74 IN PRAISE OF MARY
75 COUNTRY CATHEDRALS
76 HERE AND THERE
77 OPEN SESAME
78 DOME TROUBLE
79 BACKWARD AND FORWARD
80 THE HOMES OF ENGLAND
81 TRADE-MARKS
82 BREAKING RULES
83 THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
84 FROM HUTS TO HOUSES
85 AL AND OL
86 RAINBOWS AND GRAPE-VINES
87 THE SCRAPERS OF THE SKY
88 NEW IDEAS
89 NONS AND SURS
90 MORE MODERN PAINTERS
91 MODERN SCULPTURE