Art Histories of The World

Vienna: The History of its Art
Vienna does not sit passively in the background of European art history—it commands a central role, exerting influence and absorbing currents…

The History of Scotland’s Art
Scotland’s art history is as rich and textured as its dramatic landscapes, shaped by centuries of cultural exchange, political upheaval, and…

Saitama: The History of its Art
The oldest artworks in Saitama are silent, brittle, and buried—yet they speak across millennia with astonishing force. Long before calligraphy, castles,…

Rhode Island: The History of its Art
Rhode Island’s earliest works of art were made not in studios but in workshops, meetinghouses, and private parlors—quietly woven into the…

Estonia: The History of its Art
The earliest art in the region now known as Estonia was not created for beauty, prestige, or pleasure—but for survival, memory,…

Copenhagen: A History of its Art
Long before Copenhagen became the cultural and political center of Denmark, it was a modest fishing village known as Havn, whose…

Hawaii: The History of its Art
The story of Hawaiian art begins not in galleries or royal courts but in quarries, forests, and shorelines, where the first…

Sydney: The History of its Art
The first art ever made in what we now call Sydney wasn’t painted with oils or exhibited in white-walled galleries. It…

A History of Czech Art
Nestled at the crossroads of Central Europe, the Czech Republic has long stood as a cultural intersection where Germanic, Slavic, and…

Iowa: The History of its Art
A thousand years before Iowa’s grid of roads and farmsteads appeared, its river valleys and wooded ridgelines bore witness to a…

South Dakota: The History of its Art
The land that would become South Dakota was a studio long before it was a state. Carved into cliffs, painted on…

Nebraska: The History of its Art
The story of Nebraska’s art begins long before it was called Nebraska—before homesteads, railroads, or counties divided the land into grids.…











