Professor Koenraad Jonckheere's A New History of Western Art is a fresh, bold, and captivating narrative of the history of Western art from antiquity to the present day. With a groundbreaking perspective that moves beyond the usual focus on the "great artists" and famous movements, the book highlights art as a product, idea, technique, and a medium of power and belief.

The author invites us to look more slowly and deeply, to see how artworks transform over time and how they gain their significance through interaction with the audience and the context of their era.

With accessible language, rich illustrations, and powerful stories, the book combines analysis, emotion, and knowledge, proposing a different reading of art — beyond myths and stereotypes.

An essential work for those who love art and want to understand not only what they see but also why they see it that way.