Abstract
This chapter provides an overview on art history. Prehistoric art is the art produced in societies before the advent of written records. Prehistoric art must be distinguished from primitive art including the art produced in countries unaffected by civilization down to the present day. The information possessed on prehistoric art has been gathered by means of archaeology, and one may on occasion, need to use books that are primarily archaeological especially for their illustrations. Naturally, illustrations are important in this field of history because of the difficulties involved in seeing original examples of primitive art. For example, only a limited number of people will ever be able to see the original drawings in the caves of Lascaux. A valuable introduction to this field is the Larousse Encyclopaedia of Prehistoric and Ancient Art, edited by Rene Huyghe, and published in London, 1962. This is a translation from the French original L’Art et l’Homme, published in 1957.
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