Susie Hodge MA, FRSA, is an art historian, artist and journalist with more than 100 books in print on art history, practical art and history. She also writes magazine articles, web resources and booklets for galleries, and lectures around the world.

• Introduction    How to use this book Movements    Minoan art — Mycenaean artancient Roman art — Romanesque artByzantine — GothicTang Dynasty art — Song Dynasty artEarly Renaissance — High RenaissanceRenaissance — MannerismBaroque — RococoRomanticism — RealismImpressionism — Post-ImpressionismPrimitive art — Naïve artUkiyo-e — CloisonnismJaponisme — OrientalismExpressionism — Abstract ExpressionismArt Nouveau — Art DecoModernism — PostmodernismCubism — FuturismSuprematism — ConstructivismDe Stijl — BauhausDada — SurrealismAction Painting — Colour FieldPop art — Op artgraffiti — street artPhotorealism — HyperrealismModern art — Contemporary artTechniques     art — designline — marksketching — drawingmodelling — carvingshadow — tonefresco — muralbuon fresco — fresco seccotriptych — diptychchiaroscuro — sfumatowoodcut — etchingbas-relief — high reliefdrypoint — engravingatmospheric perspective — linear perspectivegrisaille — underpaintingsculpture — installationdistortion — foreshorteningscumbling — glazingscreenprinting — lithographyphotography — photomontagecontrast — unityobservation — imaginationpointillism — stipplingdry brushing — sgraffitoimpasto — imprimaturaassemblage — collageplein-air painting — studio paintingtrompe l’oeil — verisimilitudeMaterials           symmetry — asymmetrypaint — pigmentcharcoal — pencilchalk pastel — oil pasteltapestry — embroiderymosaic — tileworktempera — encausticwatercolour — gouacheacrylic paint — oil paintConcepts          subject — themeabstract — figurativeFibonacci sequence — golden ratiocreativity — innovationsymbolism — allegoryhistory painting — genre paintingstill life — life drawingnegative space — positive shapesLand art — landscape architecturelandscape — panoramapicturesque — Grand Mannerwarm colours — cool coloursprimary colours — complementary colourssublime — beautypost-colonial art — decolonizationMovers & shakers         Index    Notes & image credits