The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford Paperback Reference)

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by IanChilvers (Editor)

Synopsis

This is a guide to western art from Ancient Greece to the present day, based on "The Oxford Dictionary of Art". It covers painting, sculpture and the graphic arts with entries on artists, patrons and dealers, collectors and writers, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. There are also many contemporary anecdotes and quotations, and the book maintains a careful balance between fact and appraisal.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 526
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 01 Oct 1990

ISBN 10: 019282676X
ISBN 13: 9780192826763

Author Bio

About the Editor
Ian Chilvers is the co-author of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. Denis Farr is Director of the Courtauld Institute Galleries, London. The late Harold Osborne was the editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art and The Oxford Dictionary of Decorative Arts.