Art in history

A color-illustrated overview of ancient Chinese art that describes materials, religious influences, painting, bronzes, terra-cotta, pottery, relief carving, lacquer and jade, calligraphy, temples, and buildings. Also includes a time line, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

Explores medieval art and architecture, discussing materials, techniques, local traditions, symbols, and styles such as Romanesque and Gothic, and includes a hands-on project.

Examines the art of prehistoric times, including paintings, reliefs, sculptures, and pottery that has been found around the world.

Explores ancient Roman art in a variety of media, including painting, mosaics, sculpture, and architecture, discussing techniques, subjects, and symbols.

Explores pottery, mosaics, sculpture, and architecture, discussing the techniques, subjects, and religious themes of the ancient Greeks' art.

Explores ancient Egyptian art in a variety of media, including painting, relief, sculpture, and architecture, discussing techniques, subjects, and symbols.

Explores Native American art in a variety of media, including wood and stone sculpture, basketry, textiles, pottery, jewelry, painting, sand painting, and earth mounds, discussing techniques, subjects, and symbols, and includes a hands-on project.

A color-illustrated overview of Native American art that describes signs and symbols, rock art, wood and stone sculpture, basketry, textiles, pottery, jewelry and headdresses, sandpaintings, earth mounds, and painting. Also includes a time line, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

A color-illustrated overview of ancient Chinese art that describes materials, religious influences, painting, bronzes, terra-cotta, pottery, relief carving, lacquer and jade, calligraphy, temples, and buildings. Also includes a time line, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

A color-illustrated overview of medieval art that describes materials and methods, symbols and stories, churches, books, sculpture, and paintings. Also includes a time line, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.