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Preface | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Use Notes | |
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Starter Kit | |
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Introduction | |
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Art Before the Written Word | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Upper Paleolithic Art | |
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Art in the Neolithic Period | |
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Early Neolithic Communities | |
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Architecture | |
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Megalithic Architecture | |
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Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe | |
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Early Art Outside Europe | |
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Closer Look: Woman from Brassempouy | |
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Technique: Prehistoric Wall Painting | |
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The Power of Naming | |
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The Meaning(s) of Prehistoric Paintings | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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The Art of Mesopotamia and Egypt | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Mesopotamia | |
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Egypt | |
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Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom Egypt | |
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Old Kingdom | |
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The Pyramid Complex | |
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The Middle Kingdom | |
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The New Kingdom | |
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The Late Period | |
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Closer Look: Mythological Figures, Bull Lyre | |
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Elements of Architecture: Mastaba to Pyramid | |
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Origins of Writing | |
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The Fiber Arts | |
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Egyptian Symbol | |
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Mummies | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Early Asian Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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The Indian Subcontinent | |
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Gandhara and Mathura Styles | |
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Gupta Period | |
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Southeast Asia | |
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Indonesia | |
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China | |
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Korea | |
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Japan | |
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Closer Look: Great Wild Goose Pagoda | |
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Elements of Architecture: Stupas | |
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Buddhism | |
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Buddhist Symbols | |
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Hinduism | |
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Confucianism | |
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The Silk Route and the Making of Silk | |
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Calligraphy | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Art of Greece and the Aegean World | |
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Looking Forward | |
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The Cycladic Islands | |
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Minoan Crete | |
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Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) Civilization | |
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The Emergence of Greek Civilization | |
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The Geometric Style | |
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The Archaic Period | |
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The Early Classical or Transitional Period | |
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The "Golden Age" of Art | |
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The Parthenon | |
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Other Buildings of the Athenian Acropolis | |
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Late Classical Art of the Fourth Century BCE | |
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Closer Look: Women at a Fountain House | |
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Elements of Architecture: The Greek Architectural Orders | |
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Mythology | |
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Classic and Classical | |
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The Canon of Polykleitos | |
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Women Artists In Ancient Greece | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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The Spread of Greek Art and Culture | |
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Looking Forward | |
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The Hellenistic Greeks | |
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The Neo-Babylonians | |
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The Persians | |
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The Etruscans | |
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Closer Look: Ishtar Gate | |
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Elements of Architecture: Theaters | |
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Technique: Coining Money | |
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Aphrodite's Arms | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Roman Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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The Republican Period | |
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The Age of Augustus | |
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The Roman House and its Decoration | |
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The Empire | |
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Imperial Art and Architecture | |
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Portraits in Sculpture and Painting | |
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The Late Empire | |
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Closer Look: Augustus of Primaporta | |
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Elements of Architecture: Arch and Vault | |
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Elements of Architecture: Roman Architectural Orders | |
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The Celts | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Jewish Art | |
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Early Christianity | |
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Early Byzantine Art | |
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Icons and Iconoclasm | |
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Later Byzantine Art | |
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Ukraine and Russia | |
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Closer Look: Good Shepherd mosaic | |
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Elements of Architecture: Basilica-Plan and Central-Plan Churches | |
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Elements of Architecture: Pendentives and Squinces | |
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Iconography of the Life of Jesus | |
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Saint Peter's, Notre-Dame, and Santa Maria Maggiore (Traditional Usage and Abbreviations) | |
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The Depiction of Space | |
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Christian Symbols | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Islamic Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Art During the Early Caliphates | |
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Later Islamic Art | |
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The Mughal Empire | |
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The Ottoman Empire | |
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Elements of Architecture: Mosque Plans | |
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Technique: Carpet Making | |
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Islam and the Prophet Muhammad | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Later Asian Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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The South Asian Subcontinent | |
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Rajput Painting | |
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Cambodia | |
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China | |
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Japan | |
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Korean Painting | |
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Pictures of the Floating World | |
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Closer Look: Luxury Arts | |
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Technique: Formats of Chinese Painting | |
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Indian Painting on Paper | |
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Writing, Language, and Culture | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Early Medieval and Romanesque Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Early Medieval Art in the British Isles and Scandinavia | |
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Carolingian Art | |
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The Carolingian Basilica and Timber Architecture | |
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The Monastery | |
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Painting in Christian Spain | |
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The Ottonian Period | |
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The Romanesque Period | |
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Architecture | |
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Architectural Decoration: Sculpture and Painting | |
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The Cloister Crafts | |
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Closer Look: Reliquary statue of Saint Faith | |
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Elements of Architecture: The Romanesque Church Portal | |
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The Medieval Scriptorium | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Gothic Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Gothic Art in France | |
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Secular Art | |
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Gothic Art in England | |
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Gothic Art in the Germanic Lands | |
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Gothic Art in Italy | |
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Sculpture | |
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Italian Panel and Mural Painting | |
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Closer Look: Cathedral of Notre-Dame | |
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Elements of Architecture: Rib Vaulting | |
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Elements of Architecture: Gothic Church | |
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Technique: Stained-Glass Windows | |
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Technique: Cennini on Panel Painting | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Early Renaissance Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Northern Renaissance Art | |
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Second Generation Painters | |
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Book and Tapestries | |
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The Graphic Arts | |
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Renaissance Art in Italy | |
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Architecture | |
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Sculpture | |
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Painting | |
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Closer Look: The Battle of San Romano | |
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Technique: Painting on Panel | |
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Technique: Woodcuts and Engravings | |
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Technique: Renaissance Perspective Systems | |
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Women Artists in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Art of the High Renaissance and Reformation | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Italian Art | |
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Venice and the Veneto | |
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Mannerism | |
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Italy | |
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France | |
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Mannerist Architecture | |
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German Art | |
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Painting and Prints | |
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The Reformation and the Arts | |
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Netherlandish and Spanish Art | |
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Closer Look: Feast in the House of Levi | |
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Elements of Architecture: Saint Peter's Basilica | |
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Elements of Architecture: Parts of the Church Facade | |
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The Vitruvian Man | |
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The Sistine Ceiling Restoration | |
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Women Patrons of the Arts | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Baroque and Rococo Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Art for the Counter-Reformation Church: Italy | |
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Art in the Habsburg Empire | |
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Spain | |
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Flanders | |
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Protestant England | |
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The Protestant Netherlands | |
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Art for the State: France | |
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The Rococo Style | |
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Art and Science | |
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Closer Look: Allegory of Sight | |
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Elements of Architecture: The Baroque Facade | |
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Technique: Etching and Drypoint | |
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Grading the Old Masters | |
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Science and the Changing Worldview | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Art of the Americas | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Mesoamerica | |
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The Olmecs | |
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The Maya | |
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Teotihuacan | |
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The Aztecs | |
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Central America | |
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South America: The Central Andes | |
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The Moche Culture | |
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The Inca Empire | |
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The Aftermath of the Spanish Conquest | |
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North America | |
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The Southeast | |
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The Mound Builders | |
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The Southwest | |
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The Eastern Woodlands and the Great Plains | |
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The Northwest Coast | |
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Closer Look: Hamatsa Masks | |
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Elements of Architecture: Inca Masonry | |
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Technique: Basketry | |
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Tineline - Looking Back | |
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African Art | |
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Looking Forward | |
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African Art in the Modern Era: Living Traditions and New Trends | |
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Art and the Spirit World | |
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Art and Power | |
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The Masquerade | |
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Closer Look: Numumusow and West African Ceramics | |
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The Myth of "Primitive" Art | |
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African Furniture and the Art Deco Style | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Neoclassicism and its Heritage | |
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Portrait Painting | |
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Moralized Genre Painting | |
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Neoclassical Architecture in England and North America | |
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Neoclassical Painting in France | |
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Romanticism | |
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Romantic Landscape Painting | |
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Early Photography | |
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Naturalism and Realism in Europe | |
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Painting in the United States | |
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Closer Look: An Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump | |
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Closer Look: Gregorian Silver | |
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Technique: How Photography Works | |
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Art Academies in the Eighteenth Century | |
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"Am I Not a Man and a Brother?" | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Later Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe and the United States | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Architecture | |
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Academic Art | |
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Naturalism | |
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Reactions against the Academy | |
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Art Nouveau | |
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Art in the United States | |
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Impressionism | |
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Later Impressionism | |
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Post-Impressionism | |
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Late-Nineteenth-Century French Sculpture | |
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Closer Look: Place des Lices Saint-Tropez | |
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Technique: Lithography | |
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Artistic Allusions in Manet's Art | |
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Japonisme | |
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Tineline - Looking Back | |
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Modern Art: Europe and North America in the Early Twentieth Century | |
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Looking Forward | |
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Early Modern Art in Europe | |
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Expressionist Movements | |
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Les Fauves | |
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Die Brucke | |
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Der Blaue Reiter | |
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Cubism | |
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Responses to Cubism | |
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Orphism | |
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Futurism | |
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Suprematism | |
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Dada | |
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Modern Art Comes to the United States | |
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Art Between the Wars | |
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Europe | |
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Constructivism | |
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De Stijl | |
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Surrealism | |
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Sculpture | |
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Art in North America | |
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The United States | |
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The Harlem Renaissance | |
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Mexico | |
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Canada | |
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Architecture | |
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Europe | |
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The Bauhaus | |
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Closer Look: Guernica | |
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Elements of Architecture: The Skyscraper | |
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Elements of Architecture: The International Style | |
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Art Deco | |
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Suppression of the Avant-Garde in Germany | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Art Since 1945 | |
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Looking Forward | |
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The "Mainstream" Crosses the Atlantic | |
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Assemblage | |
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Pop Art | |
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Minimalism/Post-Minimalism and Op Art | |
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Conceptual and Performance Art | |
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Earthworks and Site-Specific Art | |
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Feminist Art | |
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Late Modernism/Postmodernism | |
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Neo-Expressionism | |
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The Persistence of Modernism | |
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Later Art with Social Impact | |
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Installation and Electronic Art | |
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American Craft Art | |
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Architecture | |
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Public Memory and Art: The Memorial | |
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Closer Look: Homage to New York | |
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The The Idea of the Mainstream | |
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The High/Low Myth of Modernism | |
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Appropriation | |
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Deconstruction | |
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Critical Theory | |
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Timeline - Looking Back | |
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Contemporary World Map | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |
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Credits | |