30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity across Time and Space

‘A celebration of art-making.’ – Wall Street Journal

An accessible, comprehensive celebration of the vast range of human artistry from 28,000 BC to today, now available in a gift-friendly mini format.

Phaidon’s groundbreaking book presents art differently from all other compendia by revealing the huge diversity – or in many cases, the similarity – of artistic achievements around the globe.

Images of more than 600 works from all periods and regions are arranged in chronological order, each with a short text that puts the work in critical context and explains its contribution to the development of art history.

- 640 pages
- 7.5 inches W x 7.5 inches L
- Hardcover
- Phaidon Press
- 2025
- Art history
- Item #: 9781837291038