《艺术的故事》是一部通俗的有关艺术的大众读物，分绘画、雕塑、建筑三个部分，每个部分都从"起初"讲起，介绍其"成长"脉络，评述各个"成长"时期的名家名作，浅显而系统地勾勒出绘画、雕塑、建筑这三个主要艺术形式的发展轨迹，使读者有一个概貌的了解。《艺术的故事》文字朴白、生动、有趣，似讲故事，适合儿童（中小学生）乃至对艺术感兴趣的成人读者阅读。（The Story of Art is the public readings about the art and it has been divided into three parts, namely, painting, sculpture and architecture. And each part would be introduced from its "beginning", its "developing" process and the famous artists as well as the works during the "developing" period to represent the developing trace of these three main art forms, including painting, sculpture and architecture simply but systematically, so that readers could have a general understanding to them. Due to the humble but vivid, interesting and story-like words, The Story of Art is suitable for children (secondary and primary school students) as well as adult readers who are interested in art.）