Gardner's art through the ages: a concise Western history

What is art history?

Prehistory and the first civilizations

Ancient Greece

The Roman Empire

Early Christianity and Byzantium

The Islamic world

Early medieval and Romanesque Europe

Gothic and late medieval Europe

The early renaissance in Europe

High renaissance and mannerism in Europe

Baroque Europe

Rococo to neoclassicism in Europe and America

Romanticism, realism, and photography, 1800 to 1870

Impressionism, post-impressionism, and symbolism, 1870-1900

Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945

Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

Contemporary art worldwide.