The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Author | : Michael Clarke |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2010-07-08 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0199569924 |
Searchable database of over 1,900 terms used in the wide variety of visual media that makes up the art world.
Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art
Author | : Jennifer D. Milam |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2011-04-18 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0810879522 |
Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art covers all aspects of Rococo art history through a chronology, an introductory essay, a review of the literature, an extensive bibliography, and over 350 cross-referenced dictionary entries on prominent Rococo painters, sculptors, decorative artists, architects, patrons, theorists, and critics, as well as major centers of artistic production. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Rococo art.
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
Author | : Ann Lee Morgan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 554 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Art, American |
ISBN | : 0195373219 |
In this dictionary of American art, 945 alphabetically arranged entries cover painters, sculptors, graphic artists, photographers, printmakers, and contemporary hybrid artists, along with important aspects of the cultural infrastructure.
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists (Expanded, Updated) (World of Art)
Author | : Herbert Read |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 811 |
Release | : 1994-09-17 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0500770638 |
"Excellent, concise . . . highly recommended." —Choice This extensively illustrated dictionary provides information on over 2,500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements throughout the world, including entries on contemporary art and artists, techniques, materials, terms, and writers who have influenced artists.
The Grove Dictionary of Art
Author | : Jane Turner |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 32600 |
Release | : 1998-10-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780333749395 |
The Grove Dictionary of Art is available for collectors in a limited-edition leather binding. Only 250 sets will ever be made, each hand-tooled in the finest dark green Chieftain leather by one of the UK's most prestigious binders, with 24-carat gilt edging and marbled end-papers. Each set is individually numbered and signed by The Dictionary's original editor, Jane Turner. A resource for both art and cultural studies, the Dictionary serves as a unique guide to all the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, printmaking, as well as the decorative arts. The Dictionary ranges far both geographically and historically; it features unparalleled coverage of Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Mongolia, China, India, the Islamic world, Japan, Korea, Native North America, Pacific and Aboriginal Australia, Pre-Columbian America, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Ancient Near East, and Ancient Rome. Providing depth as well as breadth, The Dictionary of Art examines important art forms and key issues of design, taste, function, and patronage, illuminating them in light of the cultural context in which they developed.
Illustrated Dictionary of Art Terms
Author | : Kimberley Reynolds |
Publisher | : Peter Bedrick Books |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |