This is just a brilliant book for the humanities, incorporating art, literature, music, dance . . . I read it for art history and am about to move onto the next in the series. I want to read all the ones previous to this, too. Just a marvelous overview, never boring - not too much information but also not so little that I feel undereducated for confused.
I read these for my Art Appreciation class is College and have since gone back many times to review in more depth since than. Great summary of art history during specific time periods.