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Based upon the widely acclaimed Art History by renowned author Marilyn Stokstad, Art: A Brief History combines a richly illustrated survey of Western art with extensive coverage of other continents including Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. Its animated yet clear narrative tells the many-sided story of all the arts.

Introduction
Art Before the Written Word
The Art of Mesopotamia and Egypt
Early Asian Art
Art of the Aegean World
The Spread of Greek Art and Culture
Art of the Roman Republic and Empire
Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art
Islamic Art
Later Asian Art
Early Medieval and Romanesque Art
Gothic Art
Early Renaissance Art
Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation
Baroque and Rococo Art
Art of the Americas
African Art
Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism
Later Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe and the United States
Modern Art: Europe and North America in the Early Twentieth Century
Art Since 1945
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index
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Over the many years that I have taught the history of art, I have become convinced that the first goal of an introductory course should be to create an educated, enthusiastic public for the arts. I firmly believe that everyone can and should enjoy their introduction to art history. Only then will people come to appreciate the visual arts as inspired, tangible creations of human skill and imagination. When an art history book responds to the needs of its audience, that book can make a great difference in the role art assumes in the lives of individuals. All of us--authors and publishers--have tried to make the book from which this work is derived,Art History,a sensitive, accessible, engaging, and comprehensive book. Now in its second edition,Art: A Brief Historypreserves these goals and many of the features ofArt History,while offering a more abbreviated and slightly more popular account. Art: A Brief Historyis contextual, in the best sense of the term.This book, like Art History, balances formalist analysis with contextual art history to support the needs of a diverse and fast-changing student population. Throughout the text we treat the visual arts not in a vacuum but within the real-world contexts of history, geography, politics, religion, and culture. We carefully define the parameters-social, religious, political, and cultural-that either constrained or liberated individual artists. And bearing in mind that there is no substitute for experiencing works of art firsthand, we have whenever feasible included works on view in many different museums and collections around the United States, including college and university museums. Art: A Brief Historyis wide-ranging and inclusive.We have reached beyond the West to the arts of other regions and cultures, presenting a global view of art through the millennia. We regard art as more than painting, sculpture, and architecture, and so we include drawings, photographs, works in metal and ceramics, textiles, and jewelry. We pay due respect to the canon of great monuments in the history of art, but we also treat artists, including women and minorities, and artworks not previously acknowledged in surveys. We incorporate the best and most up-to-date scholarship, including recent discoveries (the prehistoric paintings of Chauvet cave in southern France, for example), and bring new works to the forefront (the World Trade Center Tribute in Light Memorial, for example). This book is a pleasure to read and use.As in the previous edition, the text carries the central narrative ofArt: A Brief History,while set-off boxes present interesting and instructive material that enriches the text. A number ofcritical issuesboxes focus on thought-provoking concepts such as the use of the idea of the "mainstream" as an art historical label and the way the titles given to works of art, such as "Venus," may affect our perception of them. Other boxes provide insights into contextual influences, such as women as art patrons, the lives of major religious leaders, and the intersection of art and politics.Elements of Architectureboxes explain basic architectural forms and terminology.Techniqueboxes explore how artworks have been made, from prehistoric cave paintings to Renaissance frescoes to photographs. Finally,Art: A Brief Historyincludes arich illustration programof 687 photographs--most in full color--as well as 70 original line drawings (including architectural plans and cutaways) that have been universally acclaimed inArt History. What's New We have strengthened the pedagogy ofArt: A Brief History.Every chapter opens with a visually dramatic two-page spread calledLooking Forwardwhose engaging text peaks the student's interest in the material to come. Centered on an image that exemplifies the key c