An introduction for students and laypeople alike, Art History 101 provides you with an overview of the concepts and major art periods that you need to know about to understand how art has developed over the millennia. Filled with images by prominent artists as well as diagrams and suggestions for further reading, this book looks at the evolution of art theory and the key changes in styles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. 'Ways of Seeing': Introduction to the Visual Analysis of the Arts -- 2. The Origins of Art in Ice Age Europe -- 3. The Italian Renaissance: Art in Tuscany, 1260-1490 -- 4. Thinking Through Art: Why Use Theory in Art History? -- 5. Interpreting Dutch Art and Culture in the Seventeenth Century -- 6. Seventeenth-Century Spanish Art: The Golden Age -- 7. Theory of Art: The Fundamentals of Modern Art Theory -- 8. From Rococo to Revolution: European Art in the Age of Enlightenment -- 9. Nineteenth-Century Art: Romanticism, 1765-1840 -- 10. Art in France, 1848-1904 -- 11. Modernism: Art in France, 1906-36 -- Glossary -- Suggested Reading & Notes -- Index -- Picture Credits.