v. 1. The subjects of vocabulary of art history ; The birth of art: Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age ; The rise of civilization: the art of the ancient Near East ; Pharaohs and the afterlife: the art of ancient Egypt ; Minos and the heroes of Homer: the art of the prehistoric Aegean ; Gods, heroes, and athletes: the art of ancient Greece ; Paths to enlightenment: the ancient art of South and Southeast Asia ; Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism: the art of early China and Korea ; Sacred statues and secular scrolls: the art of early Japan ; Italy before the Romans: the art of the Etruscans ; From seven hills to three continents: the art of ancient Rome ; Pagans, Christians, and Jews: the art of late antiquity ; Rome in the East: the art of Byzantium ; Muhammad and the Muslims: Islamic art ; From Alaska to the Andes: the arts of ancient America ; South of the Sahara: early African art ; Europe after the fall of Rome: early medieval art in the West ; The age of pilgrims and crusaders: Romanesque art ; The age of the great cathedrals: Gothic art --
v. 2. From Gothic to Renaissance: the fourteenth century in Italy ; Of piety, passion, and politics: fifteenth-century art in northern Europe and Spain ; Humanism and the allure of antiquity: fifteenth-century Italian art ; Beauty, science, and spirit in Italian art: the high Renaissance and mannerism ; The age of Reformation: sixteenth-century art in northern Europe and Spain ; Of popes, peasants, monarchs, and merchants: baroque and rococo art ; Religious change and colonial rule: the later art of South and Southeast Asia ; Incursion, restoration, and transformation: the art of later China and Korea ; From the Shoguns to the present: the art of later Japan ; The enlightenment and its legacy: neoclassicism through the mid-nineteenth century --
The rise of modernism: the later nineteenth century ; Before and after the Conquistadors: native arts of the Americas after 1000 ; Elders, "big men," chiefs, and kings: the arts of Oceania ; Exploration, colonization, and independence: later African art ; The triumph of modernist art: the early twentieth century ; The emergence of postmodernism: the later twentieth century.