"General History of Arts" was prepared by the Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Academy of Arts of the USSR with the participation of scientists - art historians of other scientific institutions and museums: the State Hermitage, the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A. C. Pushkin et al . "Universal History of Art" is the history of painting, graphics, sculpture, architecture and applied art of all ages and peoples from primitive art to the art of our days inclusive. The first . Art of the Ancient World: Primitive Art, Art of Ancient Asia, Ancient Egypt, Aegean Art, Art of Ancient Greece, Hellenistic Art, Art of Ancient Rome, Northern Black Sea Region, Transcaucasia, Iran, Ancient Central Asia, Ancient Art of India and China.