Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post-Modernism

An illustrated survey of the history of Western art examines the societies, values, and ideals that shaped the development of painting, sculpture, and architecture, from ancient Greece to the present Read more From Library Journal A companion volume to the PBS television series of the same title, this compact survey of Western art history is a readable if somewhat bland recapitulation of the conventional high art canon.

Written on a level suitable for high school students and general readers, the volume includes good reproductions of one or two of the best-liked works by famous masters of painting, sculpture, and architecture, with extremely few women or minority artists among them.