History of Art - Visual History of the World

Dictionary of Art and Artists

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Visual History of the World

(Foreword by Douglas G. Brinkley)

HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION & CULTURE

From Prehistoric to Romanesque Art
Gothic Art
Renaissance Art
Baroque and Rococo Art
The Art of Asia
Neoclassicism, Romanticism Art
Art Styles in 19th century
Art of the 20th century
Artists that Changed the World
Design and Posters
Photography
Classical Music
Literature and Philosophy

Visual History of the World
I. Prehistory
II. First Empires
III. The Ancient World
IV. The Middle Ages
V. The Early Modern Period
VI. The Modern Era
VII. The World Wars and Interwar Period
VIII. The Contemporary World

Dictionary of Art and Artists

	Visual History of the World - part I

	Prehistory From the Beginning to ca.4000 B.C.		FROM PREHISTORIC TO ROMANESQUE ART Artists that Changed the World

	The Stone Age: The Beginning of Mankind It All Began in Africa Early Hominoids Territorial Expansion Campsites and the Use of Tools Fire and the Hunt Language and Burial of the Dead Religion and Cults The Art of Early Man The "Neolithic Revolution" The Tell Cultures		collection: Charles Estienne "*De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres"*

	Visual History of the World - part II

	First Empires ca. 7000 B.C. - 200 A.D.		FROM PREHISTORIC TO ROMANESQUE ART THE ART OF ASIA Artists that Changed the World

	The First Great Civilizations ca. 7000 B.C. - 200 A.D.

	Migration of Peoples

	The Early States of Mesopotamia CA. 3OOO-539 B.C.		text "The Epic of Gilgamesh"

	Ancient Egypt CA. 29OO-332 B.C. Egyptian religion (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		The Art of the Ancient Kingdoms Illustration from the Book of the Dead Egyptian Goddess

	The Hittites CA. 1570-CA. 650 B.C.

	Kingdoms on the Borders of the Fertile Crescent.

	Syria and Palestine. 3000-332 B.C.		collection: The Rape of Europa collection: David collection: Bathsheba collection: Solomon text KING SOLOMON "Song of Songs"

	*Key Ideas:* Judaism The history of Judaism (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		collection: Moses collection: Judith collection: Delilah collection: Susanna collection: Salome see also: THE BIBLE (Encyclopaedia Britannica) The Bible illustrations by Julius von Carolsfeld, Gustave Dore, William Blake

	The Medes and the Persian Empire of the Achaemenids ca. 800-330 B.C.

	The Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes ca. 1000-200 B.C. .

	*Key Ideas:* The Religions of India, China, and Japan Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

	India from the Beginnings to the Invasion of Alexander ca. 7000-325 B.C.		Art of the Indus collection: Ramayana illustrations

	Early China up to the "Warring States" Period. 5000-221 B.C. Hundred Schools of Thought (From Wikipedia)		Ancient Chinese Art

	Visual History of the World - part III

	The Ancient World ca. 2500 B.C. - 900 A.D.		FROM PREHISTORIC TO ROMANESQUE ART Artists that Changed the World THE FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN LITERATURE CLASSICAL LITERATURE ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN FHILOSOPHY

	The Culture of the Greeks and Romans Trojan War (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Greek Mythology (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		Greek and Roman Myths in Art collection: Venus - The Evening Star collection: Leda and the Swan - myth in art collection: Ancient Greek Sculpture text HOMER "Iliad", "Odyssey" text OVID "Metamorphoses" text "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by E. Hamilton text "Bulfinch's Mythology" by T. Bulfinch text VERGIL "The Aeneid"

	Crete and Mycenae - The Beginnings of Greek Culture

	Classical Greece from the Culture of the Polis 8TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.		collection: Greek vase painting collection: Praxiteles

	The Rise and Fall of a World Power 7TH-1ST CENTURY B.C. Alexander the Great (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		text ARISTOTLE "Poetics" collection: Aristotle and Phyllis

	Judea and Arabia before the Romans CA.1100 B.C.-136 A.D.		ccollection: Massacre of the Innocents text "The Arabian Nights"

	Carthage: World Power and Rival of Rome 814-44 B.C.

	The Etruscans: The League to the Roman Empire 7th century B.C.-1stcentury B.C.

	Rome: From the Beginnings to the End of the Republic 753-82 B.C.		collection: Romulus and Remus, The Rape of the Sabine Women collection: Tarquin and Lucretia

	In Focus: The Roman Empire Early Rome (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

	The Rule of the Generals and Imperial Rome 74 B.C.-192 A.D. Pompeii(Encyclopaedia Britannica)		collection: Cleopatra collection: Pompeii

	From Constantine to the Rise of Byzantium 312-867

	*Key Ideas:* Christianity The history of Christianity (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		collection: Annunciation in Art collection: Adoration of the Magi collection: Flight to Egypt collection: The Holy Family collection: Mary Magdalene see also: THE BIBLE (Encyclopaedia Britannica) The Bible illustrations by Julius von Carolsfeld, Gustave Dore, William Blake

	Armenia and Asia Minor 550 B.C.-CA 200 A.D.

	Persia under the Parthians and the Sassanians 250 B.C.-651 A.D. Manichaeism (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Zoroaster (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		text ZARATHUSTRA "Zoroaster Hymns of the Zend Avesta"

	Celts, Slavs, and Germanic Tribes б ТН CENTURY B.C.-7 TH CENTURY A.D.		text "THE LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KMIGHTS" by J. Knowles text "King Arthur and of his Noble Knights" by Sir Thomas Malory text "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" text "Idylls of the King" by Alfred Tennyson text "The Poetic Edda"

	The Great Migration of Peoples 375-568 A.D.		collection: The Course of Empire and The Voyage of Life, series by Thomas Cole

	The Nomad Empires of the Eurasian Steppes 3RD CENTURY B.C.- 7TH CENTURY A.D.		collection: The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula

	Ancient India 321 B.C.-500 A.D.		collection: Mahabharata illustrations by Ravi Varma collection: Ramayana illustrations

	China's First Emperors of the Qin and Han Dynasties 221 B.C.-220 A.D.

	The First Kingdoms in North and Africa CA.1000 B.C.-8TH CENTURY A.D.

	Visual History of the World - part IV

	The Middle Ages 5th - 15th century		GOTHIC ART THE ART OF ASIA Artists that Changed the World LITERATURE THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY CLASSICAL MUSIC-The Middle Ages and the Renaissance

	The Middle Ages Feudalism (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

	The Germanic Empires 5TH CENTURY-774 Nibelungenlied (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		collection: Architecture in Germany collection: The Ring of the Nibelung illustrations by Arthur Rackham text "The Nibelungenlied"

	The Kingdom of the Franks 486-843

	The Holy Roman Empire in the High and Late Middle Ages 911-1519		text "Song of Roland"

	Switzerland 1291-1848

	France in the High and Late Middle Ages 843-1515 Saint Joan of Arc (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		Architecture in France collection: Fouquet Jean collection: Joan of Arc

	Burgundy and the Netherlands 6TH-15TH C		collection: Charles the Bold & Mary of Burgundy collection: Bosch Hieronymus

	England in the Middle Ages CA. 450-1485 Wars of the Roses (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		collection: Architecture in England collection: The Bayeux Tapestry "Propaganda on cloth" text "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" by H. Pyle

	Ireland and Scotland in the Middle Ages CA. 450-1603

	Italy in the Middle Ages CA.600-CA.1500 Marco Polo (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		collection: Architecture in Italy collection: Giotto collection: Botticelli text DANTE "The Divine Comedy" Illustrat. by G. Dore, W. Blake, S. Dali, Botticelli text BOCCACCIO "The Decameron" Illustrations by Salvador Dali text PETRARCH "Song Book"

	Spain and Portugal in the Middle Ages 8TH-15TH CENTURY		text "The Lay of the Cid" с. 1075

	Northern Europe 8TH-16TH CENTURY		text "Beowulf"

	Eastern Europe 10TH-15TH CENTURY The Hussites (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

	Russia 9TH-16TH CENTURY		collection: Russian Architecture and Russian Icons

	The Byzantine Empire 867-1453		Byzantine Art

	Southeast Europe 7TH-15TH CENTURY		text "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

	The Crusades 11TH-15TH CENTURY Crusades (Encyclopaedia Britannica)		collection: The History of the Crusades illustrations by Gustave Dore

	Key Ideas: Islam Islam (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

	The Spread of Islam 622-CA. 1519

	The Mongolian Empire and Its Successors 12TH-15TH CENTURY

	India 500-1500		collection: Indian Court Painting collection: The Love Temples of Khajuraho text "Kama Sutra"

	China after the Han Dynasty 220-1279

	Japan CA.400-1338		text MURASAKI SHIKIBU "The Tale of Genji" с 1004

	Southeast Asia 5TH-15TH CENTURY

	Sub-Saharan Africa 5TH-15TH CENTURY

	The Settlement and Cultures of America СА.15ТН CENTURY B.C.-15TH CENTURY A.D.

	Visual History of the World - part V

	The Early Modern Period 16th - 18th century		RENAISSANCE ART BAROQUE AND ROCOCO ART Artists that Changed the World THE 17-18th CENTURY LITERATURE RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY CLASSICAL MUSIC-The Middle Ages and the Renaissance, The Baroque Era

	The Early Modern Period Humanism and the Renaissance Counter-Reformation Absolutism and Enlightenment		RENAISSANCE ART Masterpieces of World Literature text MACHIAVELLI "The Prince" HOBBES DESCARTES LOCKE SPINOZA LEIBNIZ GALILEO NEWTON MONTESQUIEU text VOLTAIRE "Candide" Illustrations by Moreau le Jeune ROUSSEAU KANT

	In Focus: The Reformation Reformation (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Lutheranism (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Protestantism (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Calvinism (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

	The German Empire: The Reformation and Its Consequences 1517-1609		collection: Durer collection: Cranach collection: Titian

	The Thirty Years' War 1618-1648		collection: Jacques Callot "Miseries of War"

	The Holy Roman Empire under Enlightened Absolutism 1648-1806

	France: From the Wars of Religion to the Eve of the Revolution 1562-1789 The Huguenots (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Marie de' Medici cycle by Peter Paul Rubens		collection: Cellini Benvenuto collection: Francois Clouet collection: Philippe de Champaigne collection: Charles Le Brun collection: Georges de La Tour text MONTAIGNE MICHEL "The Essays" text VOLTAIRE "Age of Louis XIV", "Candide" MONTESQUIEU MOLIERE RACINE

	Mistress of the king of France "Sun King" Louis XIV and his Mistresses Louis XV and his Mistresses		collection: Francois Boucher collection: Tintoretto collection: Fouquet Jean collection: Clouet Francois collection: Fragonard Jean-Honore

	The Rise of England 1485-CA.1800 Henry VIII and his wives		collection: Hans Holbein the younger text THOMAS MORE "Utopia" SWIFT JONATHAN BLAKE WILLIAM BURNS ROBERT NEWTON ISAAC

	Elizabethan Age		SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM text BACON FRANCIS "New Atlantis" William Byrd, composer collection: Theodore De Bry "Indians of North America"
			collection: Antony van Dyck collection: Canaletto Collection: William Hogarth "A Harlot's Progress" text MILTON JOHN "Paradise Lost" CLASSICAL MUSIC:The Baroque Era - Handel, composer

	The Netherlands: From the Struggle to the French Occupation 1477-1795		collection: Bruegel collection: Rubens collection: Rembrandt collection: Frans Hals collection: Jacob Jordaens

	The Italy of Popes and Princes СА.1450-CA.1800		collection: Leonardo da Vinci collection: Michelangelo collection: Raphael collection: Titian collection: Pinturicchio collection: Gian Lorenzo Bernini text VASARI "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects" text ARIOSTO "Orlando Enraged" canto 1-4 text TASSO TORQUATO "Jerusalem Delivered"

	The Borgias		text MACHIAVELLI NICCOLO "The Prince"

	Renaissance Women		collections: Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian collection: Piero di Cosimo collection: Alessandro Allori collection: Correggio collection: Tintoretto

	Medici Family		collection: Benozzo Gozzoli collection: Bronzino

	Spain and Portugal 1500-1800		collection: El Greco collection: Velazquez

	Eastern Europe and Scandinavia

	Russia's Rise as a Great Power

	The Ottoman Empire, the Great Power of the East

	North Africa

	Persia under the Safavids and Qajars

	Mogul India and the European Trading Companies		collection: Indian Court Painting

	China under the Ming and Manchu Emperors

	Japan from the Muromachi Period to the Tokugawa Shogunate		collection: Japanese Ukiyo-e collection: Japanese Prints collection: Sesshu's Long Scrolll (commentary by Reiko Chiba)

	Southeast Asia

	Africa

	The Ancient American Empires and the Conquest by Spain and Portugal

	North America to the Founding of Canada and the United States		collection: Theodore De Bry Indians of North America

	Oceania and Australia to the Arrival of the Europeans

	Visual History of the World - part VI

	The Modern Era 1789 - 1914		NEOCLASSICISM, ROMANTICISM ART ART STYLES IN 19TH CENTURY Artists that Changed the World Design and Posters Photography THE 18-19th CENTURY LITERATURE MODERN PHILOSOPHY CLASSICAL MUSIC-The Classical Era, the Romantic Era, the Romantic Legacy

	The French Revolution

	In Focus: The French Revolution

	Napoleonic Domination

	The Industrial Revolution Begins in Europe

	German States: The Reshaping of Austria and Prussia		text GOETHE JOHANN "Faust" text FREUD SIGMUND "The Interpretation of Dreams" text NIETZSCHE FRIEDRICH "Thus Spake Zarathustra"

	Imperial Germany

	Austria-Hungary

	France		collection: David collection: Delacroix

	Great Britain		text BYRON GEORGE "Don Juan" text CARROLL LEWIS "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

	The Benelux Countries

	Italy from the Congress of Vienna to the Eve of World War I

	Portugal and Spain		collection: Goya

	Scandinavia

	European royal families House of Bonaparte House of Bourbon House of Capet House of Carolingian House of Habsburg House of Hanover House of Lancaster House of Plantagenet House of Stuart House of Tudor House of Valois House of Windsor House of York

	Russia from the Treaty of Tilsit to the Abdication of the Last Czar		text PUSHKIN ALEXANDER "Eugene Onegin", "The Bronze Horseman"

	The Balkans

	The Ottoman Empire

	Egypt

	Persia and Afghanistan

	India

	China to the Last of the Emperors

	Japan

	Southeast Asia

	African State Building and Colonization

	The United States: Beginnings and Rise to World Power		text LONGFELLOW HENRY "The Song of Hiawatha"

	Latin America

	Visual History of the World - part VII

	The World Wars and Interwar Period 1914 - 1945		ART OF THE 20TH CENTURY Artists that Changed the World Design and Posters Photography MODERNIST LITERATURE CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY CLASSICAL MUSIC-The Modern Age

	The First World War

	Key Ideas: Ideologies of the 20th Century

	The Unpopular Democracy: The German Reich

	Under the Swastika: Nazi Germany

	Austria: From Habsburg Empire to German "Ostmark"

	Switzerland: Island of Stability

	France: Insecurity and Occupation		text BRETON ANDRE Manifesto of Surrealism

	Britain between the World Wars

	Ireland: Division and Independence

	Belgium and the Netherlands: Objects of German Power Politics

	Italy under Fascism

	Spain and Portugal

	Scandinavia and the Baltic

	Poland

	Hungary and Czechoslovakia

	The Soviet Union

	Southeast Europe between the Wars

	The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire

	The Reorganization of Arabia

	Iran and Afghanistan: Battle for Independence

	India's Path to Independence

	China between Empire and Communism

	Imperial Japan and Southeast Asia

	The British Commonwealth: Emancipation of the British Colonies

	Africa under Colonial Rule

	Ethiopia and Egypt: Between Subjugation and Independence

	Euphoria and Depression: The US between

	Latin America		collection: Rivera

	The Second World War

	In Focus: World War II

	Visual History of the World - part VIII

	The Contemporary World 1945 to the present		ART OF THE 20TH CENTURY Artists that Changed the World Design and Posters Photography MODERNIST LITERATURE CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY CLASSICAL MUSIC-The Modern Age

	Trends in World Politics

	The Path to European Unity

	Germany

	Austria

	Switzerland

	Great Britain: From Commonwealth to European Union		text ORWELL GEORGE "Nineteen Eighty-Four"

	Ireland

	France		collection: Picasso collection: Chagall

	Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembour

	Italy

	Spain: From Military Dictatorship to Constitutional Monarchy		collection: Dali

	Portugal

	Northern Europe

	Eastern and Central Europe

	Yugoslavia

	Greece and Turkey

	The Soviet Union and Its Successor States

	Northwest Africa

	Israel

	The Arab World and the Near East

	Pakistan and India

	Southeast Asia

	China, Japan and Korea

	Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania

	Africa since the Independence of Its Nations

	Canada

	The United States: Global Power

	Latin America

	History of Europe Encyclopaedia Britannica Prehistory The Metal Ages Greeks, Romans, and barbarians The Middle Ages The Renaissance The emergence of modern Europe, 1500–1648 The great age of monarchy, 1648–1789 Revolution and the growth of industrial society, 1789–1914 European society and culture since 1914

	Key Ideas: Globalization