Art history

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Art history usually refers to the history of the visual arts. Although ideas about the definition of art have changed over the years, the field of art history attempts to categorize changes in art throughout time and better understand how art shapes and is shaped by the outlooks and creative impulses of its practitioners. Although many think of Art history as purely the study of European art history, the subject encompasses all art, from the megaliths of Western Europe to the paintings of the Tang dynasty in China.

Subdivisions in the art history section include:

• Pre-historic art
  • Pre-Historic Art of Europe
  • Pre-Historic Art of Asia
  • Native Arts of Africa
  • Native Arts of the Americas
  • Native Arts of Oceania
• Art of the ancient world
  • Arts of Ancient Mesopotamia
    • Sumeria
    • Babylon
    • Assyria
  • Ancient Egyptian art
  • Arts of the ancient Agean
    • The Minoan Civilization
• European art history
  • Medieval Art
  • The Renaissance
  • Mannerism, Baroque, and Rococo
  • Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Academism, and Realism
  • Modern Art
  • Christian art
• Islamic art
• Arts of the Far East
  • Chinese Art History
    • Tang and Song Dynasties
    • Yuan and Ming Dynasties
    • The Cultural Revolution
  • Japanese Art History
• Contemporary art

See also

• Art
• Aesthetics
• List of artworks
• List of painters
• History of painting
• What is art?

Reference

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Art history" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_history January 7, 2004