• Introduction
  • Unit 1: The Ancient World
  • Unit 2: The Middle Ages
  • Unit 3: The Renaissance
  • Unit 4: The Enlightenment
  • Unit 5: The 19th Century
  • Unit 6: The 20th and 21st Century
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    Introduction
    Sincere and Responsible Curiosity
    Challenging Content
    The Three-Tier Framework to Understanding Art
    Tier 1: Content
    Tier 2: Context
    Tier 3: Concept
    Unit 1: The Ancient World
    Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art
    Chapter 2: Ancient Egypt
    Chapter 3: Ancient Aegean Cultures
    Chapter 4: Ancient Greece
    Chapter 5: Etruria and Ancient Rome
    Unit 2: The Middle Ages
    Chapter 6: Early Christian and Byzantine Art
    Chapter 7: Art of the Migration Period
    Chapter 8: Gothic Art
    Unit 3: The Renaissance
    Chapter 9: Early Italian Renaissance
    Chapter 10: High Italian Renaissance
    Chapter 11: Northern Renaissance
    Unit 4: The Enlightenment
    Chapter 12: Southern Baroque
    Chapter 13: Northern and French Baroque
    Chapter 14: Rococo and Neoclassical Art
    Unit 5: The 19th Century
    Chapter 15: Romanticism
    Chapter 16: Realism
    Chapter 17: Impressionism
    Chapter 18: Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
    Unit 6: The 20th and 21st Century
    Chapter 19: Expressionism
    Chapter 20: Cubism
    Chapter 21: Futurism
    Chapter 22: Suprematism and De Stijl
    Chapter 23: Dada
    Chapter 24: Surrealism
    Chapter 25: Modernism in North America
    Chapter 26: Minimalism and Earthworks
    Chapter 27: Concept and Performance Art