Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Half Title
Copyright Page
Title Page
Table of Contents
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
Index of Names and Places
Half Title
Copyright Page
Title Page
Table of Contents
Volume 2 From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century
30. Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Religious Images, 1500–1600
31. Power and Image
European Courts, 1500–1600
32. Turks, Mongols, and Islam
Art at the Muslim 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
Index of Names and Places
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →