Anillustratedtutorialofprehistorictocontemporaryworldart,fromcavepaintingstovideoartinstallationstodigitalandInternetmediainaneasy-to-understandformat.Thisheavilyillustratedcrashcourseinarthistoryisrevisedandupdatedfromthesecondeditionpublishedin2007,includinganewchapteraboutrecentartistsandmovements.Featuringsuccinctpage-lengthessays,instructivesidebars,andmorethan300photographs,TheAnnotatedMonaLisa:ACrashCourseinArtHistoryfromPrehistorictothePresenttakesarteducationoutoftherealmofdrearytextbooks,demystifiesjargonandtheory,andmakesthehistoryofartmovementsaccessibletobeginningartmuseum-goers--evenatacursoryreading.FromStonehengetotheGuggenheimandfromAfricanarttoWarhol,morethan25,000yearsofartisdistilledintofivesections(prehistoricandmedieval,renaissanceandbaroque,thenineteenthcentury,modernart,andcontemporaryart)coveringalittlemorethan230pages.
