A. Glory and grandeur: The classical background.
B. Earth, heaven, and hell; man and mystery in the Middle Ages.
C. The world rediscovered: the early Renaissance.
D. Venus revisited: Classical myths in the Renaissance.
E. The world in order: The high Renaissance.
F. The world triumphant: The baroque.
G. The world dividing: The 18th century.
H. The war of illusions: Classicism vs. Romanticism.
I. The quick and the dead: Realism vs. the Salon.
J. Summer idyl: The flowering of Impressionism.
K. Painting in transition: Precursors of Modern art.
L. Actaeon and the atom: Art in the contemporary world.