Art in world history

v. 1. From the early civilizations to the sixteenth century

v. 2. From the sixteenth to the twentieth century.

Introduction: Humanity, Art, and History

Volume 1 From the Early Civilizations to the Sixteenth Century

Early Civilizations

1. The origins of art Early Artifacts

2. Kingdoms of Mesopotamia Land Between the Rivers

3. Ancient Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean The Nile Valley, Crete, and Mycenae

4. Civilization and Empire in China Early Chinese Art

Greece and Rome

5. Classical Greece Art in the Greek City-States

6. The Hellenistic Age Art in the Empire of Alexander the Great

7. The Rise of Rome From Etruscan Civilization to Republican Rome

8. The Imperial Ideal Art in the Roman Empire

Religions and Conquests Between East and West

9. Christianity and the State Late Imperial and Byzantine Art

10. The Carolingian Empire Northern Europe, 650-1000

11. The Rise of Islam Art in the Muslim Empire

12. African Art Traditions and Old Kingdoms

13. Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism The Development of Indian Art

14. Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism Art in China, 600-1368

The Middle Ages: Time of Faith

15. Monasteries and Pilgrims Romanesque art in France and Spain

16. Conquerors and Crusaders The Influence of the Normans

17. The Gothic Cathedral Technology and Style

18. The Revival of the Papacy Art in Medieval Italy

The Middle Ages: New Horizons

19. Medieval Reform Movements Franciscan and Dominican Art

20. Royal and Papal Courts Gothic as a Decorative Style

21. The Rise of Civic Power Art in the Italian City-States

22. Perception and Reality Italian Art in the Fourteenth Century

The Fifteenth Century

23. Guilds and Merchants in Florence The Early Renaissance

24. The Humanist Image in Florence The Revival of Antiquity

25. Antiquity at the Italian Courts Classical Images of Prestige

26. The Return of the Papacy Art in Fifteenth-Century Rome

27. Princes and Merchants Northern Europe, 1400-1500

The Sixteenth Century

28. Julius II and the High Renaissance Rome, 1503-1513

29. Venice: The Image of the State Venetian Art, 1450-1600

Volume 2 From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century

30. Reformation and Counter-Reformation Religious lmages, 1500-1600

31. Power and Image European Courts, 1500-1600

32. Turks, Mongols, and Islam Art at the Muslinl Courts

The Seventeenth Century

33. The Triumph of Catholicism Rome and Baroque Art

34. Image and Religious Conflict France and England, 1600-1700

35. America Before the Conquest Pre-Columbian Art

36. Spain and the Catholic Empire Art in the Spanish Dominions

37. The Dutch Republic The Golden Age of Dutch Art

38. Styles, Subjects, and Patrons New Ideas in Seventeenth-Century Art

The Eighteenth Century

39. Extravagance and Frivolity The Development of Rococo Art

40. New Empires in the Far East China and Japan

41. The Lure of Antiquity Early Neoclassicism

42. The Rule of Taste British Art in the Eighteenth Century

43. From Fashion to Revolution Neoclassicism, 1750-1800

44. Art, Politics, and Society Middle-Class Art, 1700-1800

The Nineteenth Century

45. The Napoleonic Empire From Neoclassicism to Romanticism

46. Pax Britannica British Art in the Nineteenth Century

47. New Heroes for a New Era Realism, 1840-1880

48. Artistic Freedom Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

49. The Challenge of New Materials Architecture and the Industrial Revolution

The Twentieth Century

50. Innovation and Abstraction Art for a New Century

51. The Aftermath of the Great War Art Between the Wars

52. Modernism Revisited Art and Architecture from 1945 to the Present Day

Glossary.