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Art history

This is the article at the top of the Art history series.

Pre-historic art

Arts of the ancient world

European art history

Islamic art

Arts of the Far East

Contemporary art

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
    • The Mycenaen civilization
    • The arts of Ancient Greece
  • Roman culture
  • Early Christian art
• European art history
  • Christian art
  • Medieval art
  • The Renaissance, Early Renaissance painting, and Renaissance Classicism
  • Mannerism, Baroque, and Rococo
  • Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Academism, and Realism
  • Modern 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
  • Tibetan art
• Arts of the Americas
  • Visual arts of the United States
  • Culture of Mexico
  • Arts of Central America
  • Arts of South America
  • Arts of Canada
• Contemporary art

See also

• Art
• Aesthetics
• Cultural movement
• History of painting
• List of artworks
• List of painters

External link

• NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History

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