A Brief History of Art in Taiwan, authored by Hsiao Chong-Ray, a prestigious professor of Taiwanese art history, provides a comprehensive understanding of vital issues concerning the development of Taiwanese art throughout the turbulent vicissitudes of this beautiful island. Starting with the prehistoric Changbin culture that began to develop more than 30,000 years ago, this book collates the context of Taiwanese art from the Upper Paleolithic to the present. It encompasses the prehistoric culture, Taiwanese indigenous art, Taiwanese art in the Age of Discovery, Qing rule period, and the Japanese colonial period, as well as modern art in post-war Taiwan. The art forms it touches upon include photography, architecture, public art, modern ink wash painting and new media art on top of painting, sculpture and printmaking. This book reveals the pluralistic universe of Taiwanese art in intelligible terms, through which the readers can get a good grasp of this lovely island called Taiwan.