Art Histories of The World

Virginia: The History of its Art
When English settlers established the first permanent colony at Jamestown in 1607, they brought with them more than ambition and survival…
North Carolina: The History of its Art
In 1753, a small group of German-speaking Moravian settlers arrived in the wooded interior of what would become North Carolina’s Piedmont…
Connecticut: The History of its Art
When English settlers brought their Calvinist convictions to the Connecticut River Valley in the early 17th century, they did not come…
Massachusetts: The History of its art
In the early decades of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, there were no artists in the European sense—no easel painters, no sculptors,…
Kawasaki: The History of its Art
At first glance, Kawasaki may appear to the outsider as merely a gray corridor between Tokyo and Yokohama—a place of warehouses,…
The Art of the Yamnaya: Burial Symbols, Metalwork & Steppe Legacy
Long before the rise of classical civilizations, long before the pyramids of Egypt or the temples of Greece, a mobile people…
Nagoya: The History of its Art
The founding of Nagoya as a political and cultural hub in the early 17th century was not just a matter of…
Washington State: The History of its Art
The first art of Washington was not a matter of oil or pigment but of endurance and recognition. Before galleries and…
Artists and Ruins: The Salton Sea in Art
The Salton Sea, located in California’s Imperial and Riverside counties, is one of the most unusual bodies of water in the…
Mississippi: The History of its Art
The first artists of Mississippi worked in earth, clay, shell, and stone long before a brush ever met pigment. Across the…
Oregon: The History of its Art
The first art of Oregon was inseparable from life itself—woven into cedar bark, carved into river cliffs, and traded along forest…
Texas: The History of its Art
The oldest known artworks in Texas are not in museums or private collections. They are etched and painted into the land…