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Responding to the phenomenal success of Marilyn Stokstad's groundbreaking survey, Art History, Art: A Brief History, Second Edition covers the same scope as its predecessors- But in less than half the number of pages. Clear and approachable, the book is intended primarily for one-semester art history courses for nonmajors. Starting with Pre-history and ending with today's divergent trends, Art:A Brief History tells the many-sided story of art.Art: A Brief History, second edition offers an inclusive narrative of the world's art. assuming little prior background knowledge, it provides the social, religious, and intellectual context for each eriod and culture discussed. Along with the western tradition, the reader will find chapterson the atr of the middle east, south asia, east asia, africa and the americas. Within these varied traditions, lesser-known media, such as drawings, photography, prints, ceramic, and textiles, are reproduced, along with better-known works of art.