Art History

Chronological survey of Western art from prehistoric caves to modern movements. Learn periods, key artists, and formal analysis.

Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction to Art History

    Learn how art history is organized: periods, movements, and formal analysis. A foundation for understanding Western art from antiquity to today.

  2. 2

    Ancient Art and Symbolism

    Explore prehistoric, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian art. Discover how early cultures used visual language to express beliefs, record myth, and assert power.

  3. 3

    Medieval to Renaissance

    Trace the evolution of European art from Byzantine and medieval sacred imagery to the Renaissance revival of classical humanism and naturalism.

  4. 4

    Baroque to Romanticism

    Explore Baroque dynamism, Rococo elegance, and Romanticism's turn toward nature, emotion, and the sublime. Key shifts in light, composition, and subject matter.

  5. 5

    Modern Art: Symbolism to Surrealism

    Survey Symbolism, Surrealism, and key 20th-century movements. Discover how artists drew on dream, myth, and the unconscious to challenge realism and convention.