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Histories of Art
Prehistoric
Overview of Prehistoric
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Africa
Overview of Africa
East Africa
West Africa
North Africa
Southern Africa
Central Africa
Americas
Overview of Americas to 1900
North America to 1500
North America 1500 – 1900
South America to 1500
South America 1500 – 1900
Asia
Overview of Asia
Hinduism and Buddhism
China
Japan
Korea
South Asia
Afghanistan
Southeast Asia
The Himalayas
Ancient Mediterranean
Overview of Ancient Mediterranean
Ancient Near East
Egyptian
Aegean
Greek
Nabataean
Etruscan
Roman
Palmyra
Medieval Europe & Byzantine
Overview of Medieval Europe + Byzantium
A beginner’s guide
Christianity and art
Judaism and art
The medieval book
Early Christian
Byzantine
Carolingian
Ottonian
Romanesque
Gothic Art
The crusades
The Islamic World
Overview of the Islamic World
Early Period
Medieval Period
Later period
Europe 1300-1800
Overview of Europe 1300 – 1800
Italy: 14th century
Italy: 15th century
Italy: 16th century
Northern Europe: 15th century
Northen Europe: 16th century
Spain: 15th and 16th century
Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Baroque: 17th century
Rococo: early to mid 18th century
Neoclassicism: late 18th century
British: 18th century
Europe 1800-1900
Overview of Europe: 19th century
Romanticism
Early Photography
Victorian art
Realism
Second Empire
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Symbolism / Art Nouveau
The Peredvizhniki
Oceania
Overview of Oceania
Lapita
Polynesia
Melanesia
Micronesia
Australia
Modernisms 1900-1980
Overview of Modernisms 1900 – 1980
A beginner’s guide
Fauvism + Expressionism
Cubism + Early Abstraction
Dada + Surrealism
German art between the wars
Latin American modernism
American art to WWII
Postwar American art
Postwar European art
Conceptual + Performance art
Post Minimalism
Global vanguard
Architecture + Design
Global cultures 1980 to now
Overview of Global Cultures 1980 – now
Appropriation and ideological critique
Identity and the body
Banality and kitsch
Ritual, spirituality and transcendence
Histories real and imagined
Guides
New to art history?
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start here
Looking at art
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art allows us to see through the eyes of others
Approaches to art history
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in our visual world, studying art’s history couldn’t be more important
Understanding religion in art
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for millennia, images have acted as a bridge to the invisible and transcendent
Understanding museums
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History and interpretation
For the very beginner
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a series of fun (and funny) animations
Smarthistory books
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distributing knowledge for free
Smarthistory books
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More titles coming soon!
AP® Art History (vol. 1)
AP® Art History (vol. 2)
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nos. 48-98
Ancient Near Eastern art
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from Sumer to Persia
Ancient Egyptian Art
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from the Old Kingdom to the Ptolemies
Ancient Aegean Art
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Minoan, Cycladic and Mycenaean
Ancient Etruscan and Roman art
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from the Etruscans to the fall of the Roman Empire
Courses and syllabi
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short and long guided tours through art’s history
Seeing America
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Bringing the long history of the United States to life.
ARCHES
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At Risk Cultural Heritage Series: Many regions of the world struggle to protect cultural heritage in the face of numerous challenges.
Syllabi, AP and A-level art history
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for the classroom
Art Appreciation
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This course is about you, and your interaction with art.
Understanding museums
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millions visit museums every year. Why do we do it?
Short courses
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learn about a period or topic in art history in less than 2 hours
Creating + conserving
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The materials and techniques used by artists, and the work of conservation.
Video creation guide
Across cultures
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expanding the boundaries of art history in the classroom
Across cultures
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a global, interconnected world is not as recent as we think
Expanding the Renaissance initiative
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highlighting overlooked subjects, materials, artists, groups, and locales
Art by location
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Seeing America
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Bringing the long history of the United States to life—using works of art as primary sources.
ARCHES
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A mini-course on endangered cultural heritage around the globe
Smarthistory books
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Read online, print, or order a bound copy!
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