The textbook consists of four books, which in an interesting and accessible form talk about the basics of artistic representation and provide information about the history of Russian and foreign fine arts from ancient times to the present day. The book “A Brief Dictionary of Artistic Terms” contains concepts covering a range of issues about materials, techniques and technologies of fine art, its types and genres, the main styles and trends in the history of art. This dictionary includes terms on the art of book graphics. There are articles on individual elements of figurative language. The dictionary contains a large number of illustrations.