| Description | | - 41,000 articles on visual art from the prehistoric times to the present
- 21,000+ biographies of artists, patrons, collectors, writers, critics, and others
- 15,350 illustrations throughout the text
- Worldwide coverage--from Oceania to North America to Japan and Africa
| Boasting well over 6,000 contributors from 12 countries, the Dictionary
offers its readers authoritative and comprehensive global coverage.
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.
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Readership: Ages 12 to adult
| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Jane Turner
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The specification in this catalogue, including without
limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations,
and month of publication, was as accurate as
possible at the time the catalogue was compiled.
Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we
are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory.
Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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