Describes three thousand years of Egyptian art, linking trends in several periods to the politics, economics, and spirituality of the people, and explaining Egyptian art's influence on modern art.
Photographs and text help profile the different varieties of Aboriginal art and discuss how each work of art reflects different meanings based on its creator, user, and culture.
Discusses how Neoclassicism influenced every area of European art from 1750 to 1830 and explains how the Neoclassical style has survived through the late twentieth century.
Discusses conceptual art and the forms it can take; includes information on the different types of conceptual art, how artists adapt to it, and other related topics.
An introduction to the Dada and Surrealist movements of the early twentieth century, examining the work of a variety of artists, and including reproductions of paintings, collages, sculptures, photographs, and other art characteristic of the period.
Profiles the art of India and discusses the country's early artistic developments, the use of the Buddha image, the temple-building traditions, and the relationship between art and religion.
A survey of early Christian and Byzantine art and architecture, a period that ranged over one thousand years, discussing how and why it was made and used, and including numerous color and black-and-white photographs.
Chronicles the life of sixteenth-century painter Michelangelo and discusses how his work was affected by the social and political atmosphere of his time.
Analyzes English painter J. M. W. Turner's life and works; providing information on the historical context of his pieces, his evolution as an artist, and his influence on later generations. Includes 190 color and black-and-white photographs.
