30,000 Years of Art : The Story of Human Creativity across Time and Space Phaidon Editors (2019)

Completely updated for this revised edition and presented in a compact new format, this accessible and comprehensive celebration of human creativity spans the period from 28,000 BC to the present day. More than 600 works from every period and region are arranged chronologically, revealing the enormous diversity, and in many cases the similarity, of artistic achievement around the world. Each image is accompanied by a short text that places the work in its critical context and explains its contribution to the development of art history.