Gateways to Art teaches the same key artworks from four or five different angles instead of marching through art history once.

Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann and M. Kathryn Shields organise the book by media, history, theme and analysis rather than straight chronology, with a dedicated chapter modelling close readings of seminal artworks. It suits introductory art appreciation and art history students, studio art students and museum visitors. Thames and Hudson paperback, ISBN 9780500292037.