The Wilson Chronology of the Arts

Provides a temporal context for significant developments in creative endeavors from the earliest body ornamentation, musical instruments, rock engravings, and cave paintings to 20th-century literature, film, paintings, and music. Allows readers to track trends between Australian petrographs in about 43,000 BC to Ellen's coming out in 1997, and to identify specific works during a year or period under investigation. Appends an alphabetical list of vital dates for artists. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR