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- 4th ed. - [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2009-
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- 1 online resource.
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This dictionary contains over 2,500 entries covering Western art from the ancient Greeks to the present day. It includes biographical entries, styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries.
- 3rd ed. / edited by Ian Chilvers. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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- Book — 1 online resource (xlvi, 816 p.)
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This third edition of 'The Oxford Dictionary of Art' is an authoritative, one-volume guide to the art of the western world. It offers a balance of fact and critical appraisal, ranging across painting, sculpture, drawing and the applied arts from classical times to the 21st century.
3. The Oxford dictionary of art and artists [2009]
- 4th ed. / [edited by] Ian Chilvers. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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- Book — xxv, 694 p. ; 20 cm.
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- PREFACE
- CLASSIFIED LIST OF ENTRIES
- A-Z DICTIONARY.
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- 3rd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Description
- Book — vii, 653 p. ; 20 cm.
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- Preface
- Abbreviations
- CONCISE DICTIONARY OF ART & ARTISTS: A-Z.
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5. The Oxford dictionary of art [2004]
- 3rd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Description
- Book — xlvi, 816 p. ; 24 cm.
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- Preface
- Classified List of Entries
- Abbreviations
- The Oxford Dictionary of Art A-Z
- Chronology
- Index of Galleries and Museums.
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6. The Oxford dictionary of art [1997]
- New ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
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- Book — xi, 647 p. : 24 cm.
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- Foreword by Dennis Farr, Introduction, Abbreviations, A-Z entries, Reference Section: Chronology, List of Museums and Galleries, Select List of Biblical and Classical Themes.
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- 2nd ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Description
- Book — viii, 584 p. ; 20 cm.
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Based on the Oxford Dictionary of Art, this is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Western Art from Ancient Greece to the present day. For this second edition, much new material has been added on twentieth-century art, including subjects such as Neo-Expressionism and the Turner Prize. This book contains over 2000 entries on painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts, and includes includes artists ranging from Botticelli to Grandma Moses and Andy Warhol. Entries are often enlivened by quotations from artists and critics.
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8. The Oxford dictionary of art [1988]
- Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Description
- Book — x, 548 p. ; 24 cm.
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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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- Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
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- Book — vii, 517 p. ; 23 cm.
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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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N33 .C59 1990 | Available |