One of the most famous and popular books on art ever written. One of the most famous and popular books on art ever written. Preface 7(8) Introduction On art and artists 15(24) Strange Beginnings Prehistoric and primitive peoples; Ancient America 39(16) Art for Eternity Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete 55(20) The Great Awakening Greece, seventh to fifth century BC 75(24) The Realm of Beauty Greece and the Greek world, fourth century BC to first century AD 99(18) World Conquerors Romans, Buddhists, Jews and Christians, first to fourth century AD 117(16) A Parting of Ways Rome and Byzantium, fifth to thirteenth century 133(10) Looking Eastwards Islam, China, second to thirteenth century 143(14) Western Art in the Melting Pot Europe, sixth to eleventh century 157(14) The Church Militant The twelfth century 171(14) The Church Triumphant The thirteenth century 185(22) Courtiers and Burghers The fourteenth century 207(16) The Conquest of Reality The early fifteenth century 223(24) Tradition and Innovation I The later fifteenth century in Italy 247(22) Tradition and Innovation II The fifteenth century in the North 269(18) Harmony Attained Tuscany and Rome, early sixteenth century 287(38) Light and Colour Venice and northern Italy, early sixteenth century 325(16) The New Learning Spreads Germany and the Netherlands, early sixteenth century 341(20) A Crisis of Art Europe, later sixteenth century 361(26) Vision and Visions Catholic Europe, first half of the seventeenth century 387(26) The Mirror of Nature Holland, seventeenth century 413(22) Power and Glory I Italy, later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 435(12) Power and Glory II France, Germany and Austria, late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries 447(10) The Age of Reason England and France, eighteenth century 457(18) The Break in Tradition England, America and France, late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries 475(24) Permanent Revolution The nineteenth century 499(36) In Search of New Standards The late nineteenth century 535(22) Experimental Art The first half of the twentieth century 557(42) A Story Without End The triumph of Modernism 599(19) Another turning of the tide 618(8) The changing past 626(12) A note on art books 638(17) Chronological charts 655(9) Maps 664(6) List of illustrations by location 670(4) Index and glossary 674(13) Acknowledgements 687