Arts & Humanities Through the Eras
This five-volume Thomson Gale reference set covers Western arts and humanities from ancient Egypt through the Enlightenment, with nine disciplines per volume — architecture, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and visual arts. The editorial team includes recognized historians, and the structured chronologies and biographical profiles make it a genuinely useful library and classroom resource for high school students and above. Coverage stops at 1800, which is a real limitation for modern arts research, and the multi-volume format comes at a price point that rules out casual purchase. For academic libraries and serious students of Western cultural history, it is comprehensive and reliable. General readers will want something more approachable.