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If a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine the value of 1,000 pictures of the world's finest art.

That's the idea behind a beautifully illustrated new coffee-table book that tells the history of art from all periods and regions in the world from 28,000 B.C. to today.

The groundbreaking, 13-pound tome, called "30,000 Years Of Art" (Phaidon Press), tells a balanced story of art's evolution around the world.

Throughout its 1,072 oversized pages, 1,000 great works are prominently featured chronologically, each accompanied by text written by leading authorities. The selection ranges from fine to decorative arts.

By: Wendy Mitchell

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For more information, visit www.phaidon.com. A new art book, "30,000 Years Of Art," covers the whole gamut from paintings and sculpture to textiles, ceramics, masks and jewelry. Pictured above: painted ceramic of Greek figures Ajax and Achilles playing dice.