The Oxford Dictionary of Art

by Dennis Farr (Author), Dennis Farr (Author), Ian Chilvers (Author), Harold Osborne (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $4.37

  This second edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Art covers topics ranging across painting, sculpture, drawing, and the applied arts, from classical times to the contemporary scene. Over 3,000 entries provide the reader with instant information about styles, techniques, collections, artists, and historians and a there is also a practical reference section comprising a contextual chronology of major works and directory of museums and galleries around the world. Features of the dictionary include: material on 20th-century art including entries on graffiti art, David Hockney, Tamara de Lempicka, Richard Long, Neo-Expressionism, New Realism, the Pompidou Centre, and the Turner Prize; entries accompanied by quotations from artists and critics; and list of classical and biblical themes in painting and sculpture.

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  Paperback
  1994

  $11.92

  This dictionary is a new single-volume reference work providing a guide to the art of the Western world up to the present day. It draws on the Oxford Companions to Art , Twentieth Century Art and the Decorative Arts and also includes a large number of entries omitted from the above texts. There are critiques of the major and many of the lesser known artists. Movements, groups, styles and ideas ranging from Byzantine to Junk Art are discussed in their historical context. Special terms and processes are explained, for example how frescoes were made and the meaning of salomonica or double dipper. The scope of the dictionary is wide, covering not only drawing, painting and sculpture, but also many of the applied arts such a mosaic, silk-screen printing, tapestry and landscape design. Locations of works of art are given and the principle patrons identified wherever possible. Separate entries are included for many of the well-established collectors and patrons, art historians and art dealers.

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.27

  Ideal for students, picture researchers, and enthusiasts of all kinds, this third edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Art reaffirms the unrivalled position held by this authoritative one-volume guide to the art of the western world. It provides a careful balance of fact and critical appraisal ranging across painting, sculpture, drawing, and the applied arts from classical times to the present. Almost 3,500 entries provide the reader with instant information, written in succinct and readable prose, about styles, techniques, collections, artists, and historians. Includes a practical reference section with a fully updated and expanded Chronology, and an Index of Galleries and Museums around the world. There is also a Classified Contents, enabling the reader to search for entries within a particular subject area or period.