The women who shaped art history, explained with drawings: Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Leyster, Rachel Ruysch, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Hilma af Klint, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo and the artists after 1945, with their key works described and their stories.

The illustrated dictionary of art words: painting techniques, sculpture, architecture, styles and movements and the words of the museum, each explained simply with a drawing and an example.

Architecture explained with drawings: the orders, arches, vaults and domes, plans and elevations, Greek and Roman buildings, Romanesque and Gothic churches, Renaissance and Baroque palaces, American architecture from Monticello to the skyscraper, and the great modern architects.