Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-234) and index.
Contents
From prehistory to the Roman Empire -- The Medieval World -- Introduction to the Renaissance Era : 1400-1780 -- Painters in Italy : 1550-1650 -- Seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish artists -- Eighteenth-century European painters -- Introduction to the Modern Era -- American artists : 1830-1870 -- Painters in France : 1850-1900 -- Early twentieth-century artists -- Artists of the Post-world War II era -- 1970 to the present.