A Little History of Art

One hundred thousand years of looking at the world. A Little History of Art by Charlotte Mullins is a thrilling global journey through humanity's oldest and most enduring creative impulse — from the earliest artworks ever made to art's central role in contemporary culture.

Mullins ranges from Japan and India to South America and the Middle East, celebrating overlooked artists alongside extraordinary anonymous creations like the Terracotta Army, Renaissance masters such as Donatello and Michelangelo, and modern trailblazers including Frida Kahlo, Barbara Hepworth, and Yayoi Kusama. A book that argues, persuasively, for art's power to move us — even when we can't quite say why. Part of the celebrated Little Histories series.

The whole story, brilliantly seen.