A New History of Western ArtA radical re examination of 2,500 years of European art, deconstructing and demystifying its long history from ancient to present How has art evolved from the pursuit of the ideal human form to a black square on a white canvas? Why is a banana duct taped to a wall worth more on the art market than a beautiful seventeenth century landscape? By taking art for what it actually is a piece of stone or wood, a sheet of paper with some lines drawn on it, a