Table of Contents

Prefacexi
INTRODUCTION
What Is Art History?1
CHAPTER 1
Art in the Stone Age15
CHAPTER 2
Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia31
CHAPTER 3
Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra57
CHAPTER 4
The Prehistoric Aegean85
CHAPTER 5
Ancient Greece105
CHAPTER 6
The Etruscans165
CHAPTER 7
The Roman Empire181
CHAPTER 8
Late Antiquity237
CHAPTER 9
Byzantium263
CHAPTER 10
The Islamic World293
CHAPTER 11
Early Medieval Europe319
CHAPTER 12
Romanesque Europe347
CHAPTER 13
Gothic Europe North of the Alps381
CHAPTER 14
Late Medieval Italy419
Notes442
Glossary443
Bibliography456
Credits466
Index469

About the Author

Fred S. Kleiner, Ph.D. has been professor of art history and archeology at Boston University for four decades. He taught previously at University of Virginia and served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology. Acclaimed for inspiring lectures, Dr. Kleiner won Boston University's Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, the College Prize for Undergraduate Advising in the Humanities and the Distinguished Teaching Prize in the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London as well as a member of the Text and Academic Authors Association. In addition to this title, Dr. Kleiner has authored several editions of ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY (Cengage), A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART (Cengage) and more than 100 publications on Greek and Roman art and architecture. Dr. Kleiner earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University.