What is art? -- Looking at paintings -- Story paintings -- Portraits -- Landscapes -- Still lifes -- What is modern art? -- Looking at modern art -- Ancient and medieval art: Before 1400: Art and magic -- Classical art -- Patterns and monsters -- Saints and sinners -- Wilton Diptych -- Art and prayer -- Courtly delight -- Renaissance: 1400 to 1600: Making it real -- Born again -- Renaissance portraits -- Arnolfini portrait -- Fresh look -- Telling stories -- Venus and Mars -- Outdoor scenes -- Baroque and Rococo: 1600 to 1800: Dramatic art -- Supper at Emmaus -- Wars of religion -- Fit for a king -- Peace and war -- Town and country -- Everyday life -- Making arrangements -- Flights of fancy -- High society -- Vacation snapshots -- Revolution: 1800 to 1900: Making history -- Sun and storm -- Dreams and legends -- City life -- Rain, steam and speed -- Great outdoors -- Colorful views -- Getting away from it all -- Breaking away: 1900 to 1914: Running wild 100 -- Express yourself -- Seeing things differently -- Les Demoiselles -- Bright lights, big city -- Into the future -- Shapes and colors -- Dreams and conflicts: 1914 to 1945: Going to war -- Travoys arriving -- World gone mad -- In your dreams -- Building the future -- Power of persuasion -- Aftermath -- New directions: 1945 to 1969: New York, New York -- Shaping up -- On the streets -- Being popular -- Bigger Splash -- Famous faces -- Anything goes: 1970 onward: Beyond the frame -- Cold dark matter -- Outside the gallery -- Religious visions -- Model relationships -- Taking pictures -- Me, myself and I -- Behind the scenes: Artists' materials -- Tricks of the trade -- Preserving pictures -- Fame and fortune -- Faking it -- Timeline -- About the artists.