A comprehensive survey of the most significant contributions man has made in search of the beautiful and self-expressive. The program spans the paleolithic and pre-historic eras through the new realism of pop art with a complete representation of each period and school.

Unit 1, Sections A and B — Paleolithic to 17th Century

Section A includes:

• Pre-Historic — sculpture, painting, artifacts.
• Egyptian — architecture, sculpture, tomb paintings.
• Near Eastern and Aegean— temples, vase paintings, bronze figures, stone reliefs, and more.
• Greek — Praxiteles, Polykleitos, Myron, and more.
• Etruscan and Roman — architectural adornments, sculpture, mosaics, paintings, Pantheon, and more.
• Early Christian and Byzantine — Bayeux tapestry, church architecture, metal and ivory work, mosaics.
• Gothic — famous churches such as Notre Dame, stained glass windows, wood sculpture, and more.

Section B includes:

• Renaissance — Florentine School, Giotto, Fra Angelico, Verrocchio, Botticelli, and more.
• High Renaissance — Italian - Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Del Sarto, etc. Venetian - Titian, Tintoretto, etc. Flemish - Pieter Brueghel, Grimmer, etc. Germans - Holbein, Cranach, Durer, etc.
• 17th Century — Caravaggio, Murillo, Poussin, Vermeer, Steen, Rembrandt, and more.

Unit 2, Sections C and D — 18th Century to Present

Section C includes:

• 18th Century — Italian, French, English: Watteau, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Turner, etc.
• 19th Century — Classicism — David, Ingres, etc. Romanticism — Goya, Daumier, C.D. Friedrich, etc. Barbizon — Corot, Millet, etc. Impressionism — Monet, Whistler, Renoir, etc. Post-Impressionism — Van Gogh, Lautrec, etc.

Section D includes:

• 20th Century — Painting, sculpture, and architecture. Leading exponents of the following schools: Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Neoplasticism, Realism, Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism, "Pop Art."