Medieval art grew out of the artistic heritage of the Roman Empire and Byzantium, mixed with the 'barbarian' artistic culture of northern Europe. Many stylized terracotta figurines have also been found in Harappan sites, and a few stone and bronze sculptures, more naturalistic than the ceramic ones. A very well-known example of Chinese art is the Terracotta Army, depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. even in architecture the strong and simple forms of the Doric style and the easy grace of the Ionic style were not enough.

Mathura art was the most important centre in this development, which applied to Hindu and Jain art as well as Buddhist.

Whether children’s toys, porcelain figurines, or glossy pages of a magazine selling products and lifestyles targeted to our personal pleasures, tastes, and desires, he blows up our obsessions with tongue firmly planted in cheek. Known as the quintessential key figure of the Italian High Renaissance, his artworks contributed greatly to the aesthetic and techniques popularized during the time. A white 'shell' was first created, into which coloured glass was then blown so as to produce an interior lining.

The Paracas culture of the south coast of Peru is best known for its complex patterned textiles, particularly mantels. Constable “went out to the countryside to make sketches from nature, and then elaborated them in his studio. Even where their artistic merit is not very high these pictorial documents may help us to build up, in our minds, a concrete picture of the surroundings in which the art of the past sprang to life. They produced impressive king portraits, polychrome ceramic vessels, earthenware figures, wooden sculptures, stelas, and built complex cities with pyramids. he has learned that once we are given the general impression of a scene we are quite ready to supply and supplement the details ourselves .They prepared elaborate banquets of food and drink for them, heated and served in bronze ritual vessels.

the first president of the newly founded Royal Academy of Art, he expounded this ‘academic’ doctrine in a series of discourses .

Besides the standing figure, the first two pits contained over 50 bronze heads, some wearing headgear and three with a frontal covering of gold leaf. had no patience was all the talk of Greeks and Romans, and the insistence on correct drawing, and the constant imitation of classical statues.

The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades.

Successive generations of students have been drawn to The Story of Art, his erudite survey of Western art, and his big idea: "There is no such thing as art - there are only artists.