The History of Art: A Global View: Prehistory to 1500

The History of Art
	Title Page
	Copyright
	Brief Contents
	Table of Contents
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	The Authors
	Introduction
		You Are Invited
		Art Matters
		Getting Started
		Give It a Try
		LOOKING MORE CLOSELY • Comparative Analysis
		Our Shared Human Inheritance
	Part 1. The Earliest Art
		1. The Beginnings of Art, 65,000–3200 BCE
			What Is an Image? Thinking about Cave Paintings
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • Timescales
			Figurines: Human, Animal, and Hybrid
			Megalithic Structures
			Early Settled Communities
		2. Art of Early Africa, 8000 BCE–1000 CE
			The Highlands of the Sahara, c. 8000–c. 2000 BCE
			The Mountains of Southern Africa, c. 2000 BCE–1880 CE
			Ancient Nubia and the Nile Valley, c. 2500 BCE–350 CE
			West Africa and the Niger River, c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
			MAKING IT REAL • Lost-Wax Casting Techniques for Copper Alloys
		3. Art of Mesopotamia and West Asia, 5000–2000 BCE
			Regional Cultures in Early Mesopotamia
			Urbanization in the Uruk Period, c. 3800–3100 BCE
			MAKING IT REAL • Writing in Mesopotamia
			The Early Dynastic Period, 2950–2350 BCE
			The Akkadian Empire, 2334–2193 BCE
			Caring for the Cattle Pen and the Sheepfold, c. 2200–2000 BCE
		4. Egyptian Art from the Predynastic Nile Valley through the Old Kingdom, 4000–2000 BCE
			The Predynastic Nile Valley, before c. 3000 BCE
			The Early Dynastic Period, 3000–2686 BCE
			The Old Kingdom, c. 2686–2160 BCE
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • Ka Statues
			Private Tombs in Old Kingdom Egypt
		SEEING CONNECTIONS • The Art of Trade and Diplomacy in the Bronze Age
		5. Art of West Asian Empires, 2000–330 BCE
			Kingship and Justice in Babylon and Mari, 2000–1600 BCE
			Trade and Diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age, 1600–1200 BCE
			Iron Age: Syro-Hittite States, Neo-Assyrian Empire, and Neo-Babylonian Empire, 1200–539 BCE
			LOOKING MORE CLOSELY • Babylonian Map of the World
			The Achaemenid Empire, 550–330 BCE
		6. Egyptian Art from the Middle Kingdom through the Late Period, 2000–525 BCE
			The Middle Kingdom, 2055–1650 BCE
			The New Kingdom, 1550–1069 BCE
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • Obelisks, Mobility, and Meaning
			The Third Intermediate Period and the Late Period, 1069–525 BCE
		SEEING CONNECTIONS • Ancient Writing Systems
		7. Early Art from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, 2600 BCE–300 CE
			Early South Asian Art: The Indus Period, c. 2600–1900 BCE
			LOOKING MORE CLOSELY • The Proto-Shiva Seal
			Early Southeast Asian Art: The Bronze and Iron Ages, c. 1500 BCE–300 CE
			Early Oceanic Art: The New Guinea Prehistoric Stone Sculpture, c. 6000–1000 BCE, and Lapita Traditions, c. 1500–300 BCE
		8. Art of Early East Asia, 4000–200 BCE
			Ceramics and Jades in East Asia, c. 4000–c. 400 BCE
			Shang Culture, c. 1500–c. 1050 BCE
			MAKING IT REAL • Piece-Mold Bronze Casting
			Bronzes from Regions outside the Shang Center, c. 1300–c. 1050 BCE
			Variation and Variety in Later Bronzes, c. 1050–256 BCE
			Conquest and the Terra-cotta Army of the First Emperor of Qin
		9. Cycladic and Minoan Art, 3000–1200 BCE
			The Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age, c. 3000–2000 BCE
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • Forgeries and the Art Market
			Crete in the Bronze Age: Myth and Reality, c. 3000–1180 BCE
			Minoan Influence beyond Crete
		10. Mycenaean and Iron Age Greek Art, 1700–600 BCE
			Mycenaean Art, c. 1700–1180 BCE
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • The Griffin Warrior of Pylos
			Early Iron Age/Protogeometric Art, c. 1100–900 BCE
			Geometric Art, c. 900–700 BCE
			Protoarchaic Art, c. 700–600 BCE
		11. Art of Early South America, before 600 CE
			The Earliest Americans
			Chavín, 900–200 BCE: A Widely Shared Andean Religious Tradition
			Paracas Weaving, c. 200 BCE–200 CE
			The Nasca Culture, c. 200 BCE–500 CE
			MAKING IT REAL • Andean Weaving
			The Moche Culture, c. 150–700 CE
			The Tiwanaku Culture, c. 200–500 CE
	Part 2. Early Cities and Empires
		12. Art of Early Mesoamerica, before 600 CE
			Olmec Sculpture, 1200–400 BCE
			Olmec Cities: La Venta, c. 900–400 BCE
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • The Place of Maize in Mesoamerican Culture
			Regional Developments and the Early Maya in Mesoamerica, c. 400 BCE–150 CE
			Teotihuacan: An Early American Metropolis, c. 150–650 CE
		SEEING CONNECTIONS • Stolen Things: Looting and Repatriation of Ancient Objects
		13. Archaic and Early Classical Greek Art, 600–460 BCE
			Archaic Art, c. 600–480 BCE
			LOOKING MORE CLOSELY • The Greek Orders
			Early Classical Art, c. 480–460 BCE
		14. Art of Classical Greece, 450–400 BCE
			Perikles and the Athenian Akropolis
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • The Parthenon Marbles and Cultural Heritage
			Polykleitos of Argos and His Kanon
			Classical Bronzes
			Women in Classical Art and Ritual
			Athenian Red-Figure Pottery
		15. Late Classical Greek and Hellenistic Art, 400–31 BCE
			The Late Classical Period, c. 400–323 BCE
			The Hellenistic Period, 323–31 BCE
			LOOKING MORE CLOSELY • Indo-Greek Art
		SEEING CONNECTIONS • Early Global Networks: The Silk Road
		16. The Development of Buddhist and Hindu Art in South Asia and Southeast Asia, 250 BCE–800 CE
			The Emergence of Buddhist Art in South Asia
			Images of the Buddha
			Art of the Gupta Era, 320–550 CE
			LOOKING MORE CLOSELY • Hindu Narrative Art
			Cave Architecture in South Asia, from c. 100 BCE
			Early Buddhist and Hindu Art in Southeast Asia
		17. Villanovan and Etruscan Art, 900–270 BCE
			Villanovan Society, c. 900–720 BCE
			Etruscan Art of the Protoarchaic Period, c. 720–575 BCE
			Etruscan Art of the Archaic Period, c. 575–480 BCE
			MAKING IT REAL • Etruria, Rome, and the Roman Arch
			Etruscan Art of the Classical Period, c. 480–300 BCE
			Etruscan Art under Rome
		18. Art of the Roman Republic, 509–27 BCE
			Roman Religion and the Eclecticism of the Roman Temple
			Pompeii and the Roman City
			The Roman House
			Portraiture of the Republic
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • The Barberini Togatus and the Historiography of Roman Art
		19. Art of the Roman Empire from Augustus through the Julio-Claudians, 27 BCE–68 CE
			The Imperial Ideology of Augustus
			LOOKING MORE CLOSELY • Gardenscape from the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta
			Restraint and Excess during the Julio-Claudian Dynasty
		20. Art of the Roman Empire from the Flavians through the Good Emperors, 69–192 CE
			The Flavian Dynasty
			MAKING IT REAL • Roman Concrete
			The Nerva-Antonine Dynasty: The Roman Empire under the Good Emperors
		21. Art of Rising Empires in Japan and China, 400 BCE–581 CE
			Art and Culture of the Yayoi and Kofun Periods in Japan, c. 400 BCE–538 CE
			Diverse Worldviews during the Han Dynasty in China, 206 BCE–220 CE
			Period of Division: Elite Culture in South China, 220–581 CE
			LOOKING MORE CLOSELY • Writing as Art
			Period of Division: Buddhist Culture in North China, 220–581 CE
		SEEING CONNECTIONS • The Cultural Power of Gold across the World
		22. Art of the Late Roman Empire, 193–337 CE
			The Severan Dynasty, 193–235
			The Soldier Emperors and Imperial Portraiture in a Period of Disunity, 235–284
			Diocletian and the Tetrarchy, 284–305
			Constantine and the Reunification of the Roman Empire, 312–337
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • Rome’s Legacy in American Political Art and Symbolism
		23. Jewish and Christian Art in Late Antiquity, 150–500 CE
			Art and Religious Plurality in Late Antiquity
			Developing a Christian Iconography
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • On the Initial Absence of Christian Imagery
			Early Christian Architecture
			Ravenna and the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in 493 CE
	Part 3. The Spread of Religions
		24. The Development of Islamic Art in North Africa, West Asia, and Central Asia, 600–1000
			The Beginnings of the Islamic Faith
			Monumental Art of the Umayyad Dynasty, 661–750
			Artistic Innovations of the Early Abbasid Dynasty, 750–1000
			GOING TO THE SOURCE • An Account of Abbasid Palaces
			Calligraphy and the Qur’an
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • Defining Islamic Art
		25. Art of African Kingdoms and Empires, 300–1500
			Aksum and the Highlands of Ethiopia, 300–1500
			Southern African Kingdoms and the Swahili Coast, 1000–1500
			GOING TO THE SOURCE • The Rihla of Ibn Battuta
			Empires of the Upper Niger and the Sahel, 500–1500
			The Yoruba Kingdom of Ile-Ife, 800–1400
		26. Monumental Art in South Asia and Southeast Asia, 700–1400
			Monuments with Multiple Meanings: Mamallapuram and Borobudur
			North and South Indian Hindu Temples
			Angkor Wat and Khmer Art
			Early Islamic Architecture in South Asia: The Qutb Complex
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • Shifting Our Gaze from Monuments to Material Culture
		27. The Dissemination of Buddhism and East Asian Art, 500–1200
			Early Buddhist Art in Korea and Japan
			The Tang Dynasty (618–906) and Buddhist Art in China
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • Influence, Appropriation, or Adaptation?
			Buddhist Art and Themes in Japan’s Nara (710–94) and Heian (794–1185) Periods
		SEEING CONNECTIONS • Art and Ritual
		28. Art of the Byzantine Empire, 540–1450
			Justinian’s Constantinople, 527–565
			Icons, Iconoclasm, and the Presence of the Divine in Early Byzantine Art, 565–843
			GOING TO THE SOURCE • The Icon Debate
			Art of the Middle Byzantine Period, 843–1204
			Late Byzantine Art 1204–1453
		29. Art of Early Medieval Europe, 600–1250
			Insular Imagery, c. 600–1000
			Charlemagne and Carolingian Culture, c. 800–900
			Bishop Bernward and Ottonian Art, c. 900–1050
			Early Medieval Art and Architecture in Scandinavia, c. 1100–1250
			MAKING IT REAL • The Golden Madonna of Essen
		30. Art of the Americas, 600–1300
			Maya Art and Architecture in the Late Classic Period, 600–900
			ART HISTORICAL THINKING • Archaeological Reconstructions
			Changes in Mesoamerica, c. 900
			Regional Developments in Mesoamerica and Central America, 600–1300
			Wari Art in the Andes, 600–1000
			Art in North America, 600–1300
		31. Art during the Song and Yuan Dynasties of China, 960–1368
			Art of the Southern Tang Kingdom, 937–975
			Art during the Northern Song Dynasty, 960–1127
			GOING TO THE SOURCE • Guo Xi’s Writing on Landscape
			Art at the Southern Song Court, 1127–1279
			Art during the Yuan Dynasty, 1279–1368
			Buddhist Art during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, 960–1368
		SEEING CONNECTIONS • Pax Mongolica
		32. Transformative Eras and Art in Korea and Japan, 1200–1600
			Buddhism and Art of Goryeo Korea, 918–1392
			Confucianism and Art of Early Joseon Korea, 1392–1592
			Civil War and Art of Kamakura Period Japan, 1185–1333
			Zen Buddhism and Art in Kamakura (1185–1333) and Muromachi (1392–1573) Japan
			Hideyoshi, Warlord and Patron in Momoyama Period Japan, 1573–1615
			LOOKING MORE CLOSELY • Namban Byōbu
		33. The Regionalization of Islamic Art in North Africa, West Asia, and Central Asia, 1000–1400
			Architectural Advances under the Later Abbasids and their Successor States, c. 900–1250
			Luxury Art under the Later Abbasids and their Successor States, c. 1000–1250
			Art under the Ilkhanids, c. 1250–1350
			MAKING IT REAL • Pile-Carpet Construction
			Art under the Mamluks, c. 1250–1400
		SEEING CONNECTIONS • The Art of Writing
		34. Art of the Mediterranean World, 500–1500
			Early Medieval Iberia, 500–1000
			Iberia and North Africa, 1000–1230
			Norman Sicily, 1090–1230
			Iberia and the Crusades, 1230–1500
			GOING TO THE SOURCE • Inscription from the Lindaraja Mirador of the Alhambra
		35. Romanesque Art and Architecture in Europe, 1000–1200
			Monastic Competition and Reform, c. 1000–1150
			The Way of St. James and Pilgrimage Churches, c. 1000–1150
			The Norman Conquest of England, c. 1050–1200
			Imperial Ambitions in Germanic Lands, c. 1050–1200
			GOING TO THE SOURCE • Debating the Value of Art
		36. Gothic Art and Architecture in Europe, 1200–1400
			French Gothic Architecture, 1140–1260
			MAKING IT REAL • Rib Vaults and Pointed Arches
			Louis IX and the Courtly Style, 1240–1350
			English Gothic Architecture, 1200–1400
			Late Medieval Germany and Bohemia, 1200–1400
		37. Art of the Late Middle Ages in Italy, 1200–1400
			Seeking the Common Good
			Piety, Politics, and the Maniera Greca
			Proximity to the Divine
			MAKING IT REAL • Fresco
	Glossary
	Sources of Quotations
	Bibliography
	Sources of Illustrations
	Index