Kleiner Fred S. Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History

13th edition. — Thomson Wadsworth, 2009. — 1105 p. — ISBN 978-0-495-09307-7.As fascinating as a real visit to the world's famous museums and architectural sites, Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History 13th Edition gives you a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditionsplus all the study tools you need to excel in your art history course! Easy to read and understand, this 13th Edition of the most widely read history of art book in the English language is the only textbook that includes a unique "scale" feature (accompanying the book's photographs of paintings and other artworks) that will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book.Introduction. What is art history?
Art before history
The ancient Near East
Egypt under the Pharaohs
The Prehistoric Aegean
Ancient Greece.
South and Southeast Asia before 1200
China and Korea to 1279
Japan before 1333
The Etruscans
The Roman Empire
Late Antiquity
Byzantium
The Islamic World
Native arts of the Americas before 1300
Africa before 1800
Early Medieval Europe
Romanesque Europe
Gothic Europe
Italy, 1200 to 1400
Northern Europe, 1400 to 1500
Italy, 1400 to 1500
Italy, 1500 to 1600
Northern Europe and Spain, 1500 to 1600
Italy and Spain, 1600 to 1700
Northern Europe, 1600 to 1700
South and Southeast Asia after 1200
China and Korea after 1279
Japan after 1336
Europe and America, 1700 to 1800
Europe and America, 1800 to 1870
Europe and America, 1870 to 1900
Native arts of the Americas after 1300
Oceania
Africa after 1800
Europe and America 1900 to 1945
Europe and America after 1945