Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Timeline viii
Introduction x
Art Principles and History 1
Art Fundamentals
Basics of Architecture
Form and Style
Finding Meaning in Art
Prehistoric Art
Art of the Ancient World, 5000 B.C.E.-400 C.E. 27
Art of the Ancient Near East
Art of India and Southeast Asia
Art of Ancient Africa
Ancient Egyptian Art
Art of Ancient China
Early Japan and Korea
Art of the Ancient Americas
Aegean Art
Ancient Greek Art
Etruscan Art
Roman Art
The Medieval World, c. 400-1300 59
Early Jewish and Christian Art
Byzantine Art
Islamic Art
Early Medieval Art from Northern Europe Carolingian and Ottoman Art
India and Southeast Asia
Chinese Art from the Sui to the Yuan Dynasties, c. 589-1368
Korean Art until c. 1400
Japanese Art until c. 1400
Art of Medieval Africa
Pre-Columbian America
North America
Romanesque Europe
Gothic Europe
The Early Modern World, C. 1300-1600 99
Proto-Renaissance
Early Renaissance in Italy
Northern European Renaissance
High Renaissance in Italy
Renaissance Venice
Sixteenth-Century European Art and Architecture
Islamic Art and the Ottoman Empire
African Art
Art and Zen Buddhism
Art in the New World
Baroque and Beyond, C. 1600-1850 135
Baroque Italy and France
Dutch and Flemish Painting
The Golden Age of Spain
Asian Art
Rococo and the Eighteenth Century
Mughal Art in India
Neoclassical Art
Romanticism
Art of the Americas
From the Industrial Revolution to World War I, C. 1850-1914 171
Late Nineteenth-Century Painting
Early Photography
Japanese Art
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Architecture
African Art
Early Twentieth-Century Art
The Modern World During and After the World Wars, C. 1914-1960 203
Early Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde
Architecture and Design
Dada and Surrealism
Photography
Modern Art until c. 1960
American Art and the Influence of Europe
Modern Art in Latin America
European Art after World War II
Native American Art
Pacific Art
Contemporary Art, 1960s-Present 237
Pop Art
Conceptual Art and Other Modern Art Movements
Art, Culture, and Politics
Figurative Art
Postmodernism and Art
Contemporary Art and Technology
Emerging Forms of Art
Contemporary Art and Globalization
Exploring Art on Your Own
Glossary 263
Bibliography 271
Index 273