great book to anyone who wants to start learning about art without being overwhelmed! loved it! simple, learned a lot and even despite the apparent lack of order or continuity, that's one of the reasons the book never dragged on and became boring. ( )

I enjoyed this book since it make it easy to understand different art, artists, and movements. ( )

I wouldn't buy this book, but it was a good reminder of a lot of the artists, movements, etc. that I studied back in high school. It didn't have a lot of pictures, which is odd in an art book, but not a deal breaker as I can Google things. The one thing that I really disliked was the lack of any kind of organization. It wasn't in chronological or alphabetical order, or even grouped by artists, movements, buildings, etc. It was very odd. It was pretty clear to me that this was a book slapped together to sell as part of the "101" series, and nothing else. ( )