Engaging and accessible, 30,000 Years of Art provides a thorough chronological survey of artistic move.ments, major artists, and masterworks. From earliest prehistoric paintings and sculpture through today's wildly varying works in new mediums, this book features succinct page-length essays, instructive side.bars, and more than 250 photographs. With paint.ings, sculptures, and museum artifacts stunningly re.produced, combined with a cross-cultural approach that encompasses European, American, Asian, and Islamic masterpieces, 30,000 Years of Art is a visually thrilling tour through time.

30,000 Years of Art gives an overview of Abstract Impressionism, African, Asian, Baroque, Byzantine, Carolingian, Constructivism, Cubism, Dada, Egyptian, Expressionism, Gothic, Greek, Impressionism, Indian, Mesopotamian, Minimalism, Native American, Neoclassicism, Pop, Post-Impressionism, Realism, Renaissance, Rococo, Roman, Romanesque, Romanticism, Surrealism