What is Art?

Prehistoric Ancient Near East Ancient Egypt Paleolithic Mesolithic Neolithic Mesopotamian Sumerian Akkadian Neo-Sumerian Babylonian Hittite Elamite Assyrian Neo-Babylonian Achaemid Persian Sassanian Egyptian Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Art in Early Europe Aegean Cycladic Minoan Mycenaean Greek Hellenistic Etruscan Roman Scythian Celtic Iron-Age Europe Viking Middle Ages 15th Century 16th Century Early Christian Byzantine Islamic Early Medieval Carolingian Ottonian Romanesque Gothic Late Gothic in Italy Early Renaissance Northern Renaissance High Renaissance Mannerism Northern Renaissance 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century Baroque Late Baroque Rococo Neo-Classicism Romanticism Romanticism Neo-Classicism Realism Pre-Raphaelites Arts and Crafts Realism Impressionism Post-Impressionism Neo-Impressionism Pointillism Symbolism Art Nouveau 20th Century 21st Century Prints & Photographs Fauvism Expressionism Cubism Futurism Dada Surrealism Abstract Expressionism Pop Art Op Art Minimalism Performance Art Environmental Art Neo-Expressionism Post-modernism Contemporary Art Museums Centers Institutes Journals Reviews Prints Posters Photographs Asia Africa Americas & Oceania Asia Afghanistan Burma Cambodia China India Indus Valley Indonesia Japan Korea Laos Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Tibet Vietnam Akan Adinkra Adire Asanti Baule Bedu Benin Gelede Ife Igbo Ndebele Nok Yoruba Zulu North America Mesoamerica South America Oceania *The linked art history sites are maintained by Dr. Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe Professor, Department of Art History, Sweet Briar College Prehistoric Ancient Near East Ancient Egypt Paleolithic Mesolithic Neolithic Mesopotamian Sumerian Akkadian Neo-Sumerian Babylonian Hittite Elamite Assyrian Neo-Babylonian Achaemid Persian Sassanian Egyptian Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Art in Early Europe Aegean Cycladic Minoan Mycenaean Greek Hellenistic Etruscan Roman Scythian Celtic Iron-Age Europe Viking Middle Ages 15th Century 16th Century Early Christian Byzantine Islamic Early Medieval Carolingian Ottonian Romanesque Gothic Late Gothic in Italy Early Renaissance Northern Renaissance High Renaissance Mannerism Northern Renaissance 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century Baroque Late Baroque Rococo Neo-Classicism Romanticism Romanticism Neo-Classicism Realism Pre-Raphaelites Arts and Crafts Realism Impressionism Post-Impressionism Neo-Impressionism Pointillism Symbolism Art Nouveau 20th Century 21st Century Prints & Photographs Fauvism Expressionism Cubism Futurism Dada Surrealism Abstract Expressionism Pop Art Op Art Minimalism Performance Art Environmental Art Neo-Expressionism Post-modernism Contemporary Art Museums Centers Institutes Journals Reviews Prints Posters Photographs Asia Africa Americas & Oceania Asia Afghanistan Burma Cambodia China India Indus Valley Indonesia Japan Korea Laos Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Tibet Vietnam Akan Adinkra Adire Asanti Baule Bedu Benin Gelede Ife Igbo Ndebele Nok Yoruba Zulu North America Mesoamerica South America Oceania *The linked art history sites are maintained by Dr. Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe Professor, Department of Art History, Sweet Briar College