A beautiful book that you will want to keep on your coffee table long after you complete your art history survey course, GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVE and its accompanying ArtStudy CD-ROM is a comprehensive and thoughtfully crafted guide to the defining phases of the world's artistic tradition. The story of art unfolds in its historical, social, religious, economic, and cultural context, deepening your understanding of art, architecture, painting and sculpture. This non-Western version explores the history of art in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Oceania, and the Islamic world in a compact, 12-chapter format and contains a copy of the ArtStudy 2.1 CD-ROM, an interactive electronic study aid that will help you prepare for tests.