A basic history of western art

Synopsis

Preface and Acknowledgments. Introduction. PART ONE: THE ANCIENT WORLD.  1. Prehistoric Art in Europe and North America.  2. Egyptian Art.  3. Ancient Near Eastern Art.  4. Aegean Art.  5. Greek Art.  6. Etruscan Art.  7. Roman Art. PART TWO: THE MIDDLE AGES.  8. Early Christian and Byzantine Art.  9. Early Medieval Art. 10. Romanesque Art. 11. Gothic Art. PART THREE: THE RENAISSANCE THROUGH THE ROCOCO. 12. The Early Renaissance in Italy. 13. The High Renaissance in Italy. 14. The Late Renaissance in Italy. 15. The Renaissance in the North: Fifteenth Century. 16. The Renaissance in the North: Sixteenth Century. 17. The Baroque in Italy and Spain. 18. The Baroque in Flanders and Holland. 19. The Baroque in France and England. 20. The Rococo. PART FOUR: THE MODERN WORLD. 21. Neoclassicism. 22. Romanticism. 23. Realism and Impressionism. 24. Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau. 25. Toward Abstraction: The Modernist Revolution, 1904-1914. 26. Art between the Wars, 1914-1940. 27. Post-War to Postmodern. 28. Twentieth-Century Architecture. 29. The Postmodern Era: Art since 1980. Museum Listing. Glossary. Books for Further Reading. Index. List of Credits.