Claim: Helen Gardner published Art Through the Ages.

Gardner 's Art Through the Ages is an American textbook on the history of art , with the 2004 edition by Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya . The 2001 edition was awarded both a McGuffey award for longevity and the `` Texty '' Award for current editions by the Text and Academic Authors Association . No other book has received both awards in the same year .   The first edition published in 1926 was written by Helen Gardner . It , like all following editions , was organized chronologically beginning with `` The Birth of Art '' in the Upper Paleolithic and progressing in a mainly chronological sequence to the contemporary period .   Gardner 's initial edition was ahead of its time in that along with the Western canon of European art , it examined the art of other cultures . This broader view has influenced artists like Roy Lichtenstein as a student with its coverage not only of China , Japan , and Africa , but The Americas and the South Pacific as well . It continues to be a required text for introductory classes in art history for American students to this day .