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Art history usually refers to the history of the visual arts. Although ideas about the definition of art have changed over the years, the field of art history attempts to categorize changes in art throughout time and better understand how art shapes and is shaped by the outlooks and creative impulses of its practitioners. Although many think of Art history as purely the study of European art history, the subject encompasses all art, from the megaliths of Western Europe to the paintings of the Tang dynasty in China.

Subdivisions in the art history section include:

• Pre-historic art
  • Pre-Historic Art of Europe
  • Pre-Historic Art of Asia
  • Native Arts of Africa
  • Native Arts of the Americas
  • Native Arts of Oceania
• Art of the ancient world
  • Arts of Ancient Mesopotamia
    • Sumeria
    • Babylon
    • AssyriaThis article concerns the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom. For the modern-day peoples in northern Iraq and neighboring areas, see Assyrian. Assyria a country named after its original capital city, Asshur on the Tigris, was originally a colony of Babylonia, a
  • Ancient EgyptianAncient Egypt appeared as a unified state sometime around 3300 BC. It survived as an independent state until about 1300 BC. Archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for much longer. Ongoing excavation in Egypt continu art
  • Arts of the ancient Agean
    • The Minoan civilizationThe Minoans were an ancient civilization on what is now Crete (in the Mediterranean), during the Bronze Age, prior to classical Greek culture. The Minoans were primarily a mercantilist people engaged in overseas trade. Many historians and archaeologists b
    • The MycenaenMycenae (in Ancient Greek Mykaenai or Μυκηναι, pronounced roughly Moo-kair-nigh in Modern Greek Mikenes or Μυκενες), is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90km sout civilization
    • Arts of Ancient Greece
  • Greco-Buddhist artGandhara Buddha, 1st-2nd century CE. Greco-Buddhist art is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Classical Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed over a period of close to 1000 years in Central Asia, between
  • Roman cultureThis is a tentative list of topics regarding Roman culture . Society Adoption in Rome Baths Thermae Colonies Citizens List of ancient Romans Women in Rome Naming conventions List of Roman cognomina List of Roman praenomina List of Roman nomina Pater famil
  • Early Christian art
• European art history
  • Christian art
  • Medieval art
  • The Renaissance, Early Renaissance painting, and Renaissance Classicism
  • Mannerism, Baroque, and Rococo
  • Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Academism, and Realism
  • Modern art
• Islamic art
• Arts of the Far East
  • Buddhist art
  • Chinese art
  • Japanese art
  • Tibetan art
  • Thai art
  • Art of Laos
• Arts of the Americas
  • Visual arts of the United States
  • Culture of Mexico
  • Arts of Central America
  • Arts of South America
  • Arts of Canada
• Contemporary art
• Media Art