For the price, this is a disappointing publication, which contains less content than a standard art history survey text. It is intended for high school or public libraries, and though a simple writing style is called for, one could wish for a less conservative approach; Landi's is stylistic rather than contextual. Landi is a contributing editor for ARTnews. Of the eight contributing authors, two are art historians and two are also at ARTnews. The ostensible scope is world art (architecture is not heavily featured), but western art dominates.