Main content
Art history
Beginner's guide to Medieval Europe: Medieval Europe + ByzantineJudaism and Christianity in art: Medieval Europe + ByzantineBooks and the dissemination of knowledge in medieval Europe: Medieval Europe + ByzantineEarly Christian: Medieval Europe + ByzantineByzantine: Medieval Europe + ByzantineEarly Medieval: Medieval Europe + Byzantine
Beginner's guide to the Early Modern period: Europe 1300 - 1800Italy and Spain, 14th century: Europe 1300 - 1800Italy, 15th century: Europe 1300 - 1800Italy 16th century: Europe 1300 - 1800Northern Europe 15th century: Europe 1300 - 1800Northern Europe 16th century: Europe 1300 - 1800
Spain and Portugal 15th–16th century: Europe 1300 - 1800Reformation and Counter-Reformation: Europe 1300 - 1800Baroque 17th century: Europe 1300 - 1800Rococo and Neoclassicism 18th century: Europe 1300 - 1800Central and Eastern Europe in the 17th–18th century: Europe 1300 - 1800British art in the 18th century: Europe 1300 - 1800Spain and Portugal in the 18th century: Europe 1300 - 1800
Beginner guides to the Art of the Americas: Art of the Americas to World War INorth America before c. 1500: Art of the Americas to World War ISouth America before c. 1500: Art of the Americas to World War IColonial Latin America: Art of the Americas to World War I
Native American art after 1500: Art of the Americas to World War IBritish Colonies to the Early Republic: Art of the Americas to World War IUnited States in the 19th century: Art of the Americas to World War ICanada in the 19th century: Art of the Americas to World War ILatin America after independence: Art of the Americas to World War I
A beginner's guide to 20th century art: Modernisms 1900-1980Fauvism and Expressionism: Modernisms 1900-1980Cubism and early abstraction: Modernisms 1900-1980Italian art before WWI: Modernisms 1900-1980Dada and Surrealism: Modernisms 1900-1980German & Italian art between the wars: Modernisms 1900-1980Latin American Modernism: Modernisms 1900-1980
American art to WWII: Modernisms 1900-1980Post-War American art: Modernisms 1900-1980Post-War European art: Modernisms 1900-1980Pop Art: Modernisms 1900-1980Conceptual and performance art: Modernisms 1900-1980Post-Minimalism: Modernisms 1900-1980Global vanguards: Modernisms 1900-1980Architecture, design, and dance: Modernisms 1900-1980
A brief introduction to art history
We understand the history of humanity through art. From prehistoric depictions of bison to contemporary abstraction, artists have addressed their time and place in history and expressed universal truths for tens of thousands of years.
Start learningA brief introduction to art history
We understand the history of humanity through art. From prehistoric depictions of bison to contemporary abstraction, artists have addressed their time and place in history and expressed universal truths for tens of thousands of years.
Start learning