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Includes bibliographical references (p. 1046-1058) and index.

Introduction. What is art history? -- Art before history -- The ancient Near East -- Egypt under the Pharaohs -- The Prehistoric Aegean -- Ancient Greece. -- South and Southeast Asia before 1200 -- China and Korea to 1279 -- Japan before 1333 -- The Etruscans -- The Roman Empire -- Late Antiquity -- Byzantium -- The Islamic World -- Native arts of the Americas before 1300 -- Africa before 1800 -- Early Medieval Europe -- Romanesque Europe -- Gothic Europe -- Italy, 1200 to 1400 -- Northern Europe, 1400 to 1500 -- Italy, 1400 to 1500 -- Italy, 1500 to 1600 -- Northern Europe and Spain, 1500 to 1600 -- Italy and Spain, 1600 to 1700 -- Northern Europe, 1600 to 1700 -- South and Southeast Asia after 1200 -- China and Korea after 1279 -- Japan after 1336 -- Europe and America, 1700 to 1800 -- Europe and America, 1800 to 1870 -- Europe and America, 1870 to 1900 -- Native arts of the Americas after 1300 -- Oceania -- Africa after 1800 -- Europe and America 1900 to 1945 -- Europe and America after 1945.