CONTENTS:

1. CLASSICISM AND THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT
ART FORMS AND SOCIETY
THE CLASSICIST REACTION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT
HISTORICAL SUMMARY

2. LATER EASTERN ART
THE MOSLEM WORLD
INTRODUCTION
I. FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO IRAN
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
II. PERSIAN ART AFTER 1200
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
III. MOSLEM INDIA
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
IV. MOGUL INDIA
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
THE FAR EAST
I. CHINA UNDER THE MINGS
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
II. JAPANESE ART IN THE MUROMACHI AND MOMOYAMA
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
III. CHINESE ART OF THE CHING PERIOD
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
IV. THE TOKUGAWA PERIOD IN JAPAN
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
CONTACTS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST

3. REALISM AND IMPRESSIONISM
ART FORMS AND SOCIETY
THE REALIST MOVEMENT
IMPRESSIONISM AND SYMBOLISM

4. ART IN THE 20TH CENTURY
ART FORMS AND SOCIETY
THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN ART
ART AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR
I. THE EXPLOITATION OF THE EARLIER DISCOVERIES
II. THE NEW DEPARTURES