Art history for dummies

Getting started with Art History. Art tour through the ages

Why people make art and what it all means

The major artistic movements

From caves to the Colosseum : Ancient art. Magical hunters and psychedelic cave artists

Fickle gods, warrior art, and the birth of writing: Mesopotamian Art

One foot in the tomb: Ancient Egyptian Art

Greek Art, the Olympian ego, and the inventors of the Modern World

Etruscan and Roman Art: It's all Greek to me!

Art after the fall of Rome : a.d. 500-a.d. 1760. The graven image: early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic art

Mystics, marauders, and manuscripts: Medieval art

Born-again culture: The early and high Renaissance, Late Gothic, and the Renaissance in the North

Art that'll Stretch your neck: Mannerism

When the Renaissance went Baroque

Going loco with Rococo

The Industrial Revolution and artistic devolution : 1760-1900. All roads lead back to Rome and Greece: Neoclassical art

Romanticism: Reaching within and acting out

What you see is what you get: Realism

First impressions: Impressionism

Making their own impression: The Post-Impressionists

Twentieth-century art and beyond. From Fauvism to Expressionism

Cubist puzzles and finding the fast lane with the futurists

Nonobjective Art: Dada, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism

Anything-goes art: Fab fifties and psychedelic sixties

Photography: From a science to an art

The New World: Postmodern art.

The part of tens. Ten must see art museums

Ten great books by ten great artists.

Introduction: Mankind in the looking glass: Art history 101: Art tour through the ages

Why people make art and what it all means

Major artistic periods and movements

From caves to colosseum: Ancient art: Magical hunters and psychedelic cave artists

Fickle Gods, warrior art, and birth of writing: Mesopotamian Art

One foot in the tomb: Ancient Egyptian art

Greek art, Olympian ego, and inventors of modern world

Etruscan and Roman art: It's all Greek to me!

Art after the fall of Rome: A.D. 500-A.D 1760: Graven image: Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art

Mystics, marauders, and manuscripts: Medieval Art

Born-again culture: Early and high Renaissance

Venetian Renaissance, late gothic, and Renaissance in the North

Art that'll stretch your neck: Mannerism

When Renaissance went baroque

Going loco with Rococo

Industrial Revolution and artistic devolution: 1760-1900: All roads lead back to Rome and Greece: Neoclassical art

Romanticism: Reaching within and acting out

What you see is what you get: Realism

First impressions: Impressionism

Making their own impression: Post-impressionists

Twentieth-century art and beyond: From fauvism to expressionism

Cubist puzzles and finding the fast lane with futurists

What you see is what you don't get: From nonobjective art to abstract expressionism

Anything-goes art: Fab fifties and psychedelic sixties

Photography: From a science to an art

New world: Postmodern art

Part of tens: Ten must-see art museums

Ten great books by ten great artists

Ten brushstrokes that shook the world

Appendix: online resources

Index.