Art & Art History explores the intentions, motivations, and decision of the artists as they made their decisions about the elements and principles of art. Looking at the artist’s perspective, this publication explains the ways history and new technologies affect the making of art. Readers are given the opportunity to interpret art and reach their own conclusions about art and its place in the context of other works in history.
Introduction
Chapter 1 Prehistoric Art
Chapter 2 Ancient Near East – Mesopotamian Cultures (5,000 – 3,000 BCE)
Chapter 3 Ancient Egypt (4,000 BCE – 525 BCE)
Chapter 4 Aegean Art (Third – Second Millennium BCE)
Chapter 5 Ancient Greek Art (1000 BCE – 31 BCE)
Chapter 6 Etruscan Art
Chapter 7 Ancient Rome Art
Chapter 8 Late Antiquity: Art of the Byzantine, Ancient Judaism, Ancient Islam, & Early Christianity)
Chapter 9 Middle Ages
Chapter 10 Asia
Chapter 11 Africa and Oceania
Chapter 12 Americas
Chapter 13 Renaissance Art
Chapter 14 Baroque Art
Chapter 15 Rococo to Neoclassicism: The18th Century in Europe and America
Chapter 16 The 19th Century Art
Chapter 17 Late Modern and Early Contemporary Art