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"Containing nearly 200 entries on individual artists, artworks and the richness and strengths of the museum's collection and lavishly illustrated with approximately 500 full-color and black-and-white images this comprehensive book is bolstered by three major essays and new scholarship on topics ranging from the museum's collection history and its future to the museum's unique building and Garden to the Hirshhorn's groundbreaking conservation work. Delving into the museum's prolific and far-reaching holdings from 20th-century sculptural masterworks to the trailblazing works of midcentury to the new-media works of the contemporary era the book is an ambitious scholarly assessment of 20th- and 21st-century modern and contemporary art."-- website publisher

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An illustrated feast for the eye and intellect Dutch Art explores developments in art, art history, art criticism, and cultural history of the Netherlands from the artists' workshops for the Utrecht Dom in 1475 to the latest movements of the 1990s. it is lavishly illustrated with 147 black-and-white photographs and 16 pages in full color. More than 100 internationally recognized scholars, museum professionals, artists, and art critics contributed signed essays to this monumental work, including historians, sociologists, and literary historians.
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The Short Story of Modern Art explains the how, why and when of modern art - who introduced certain things, what they were, where they were produced, and why they matter. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key works - from the realist painting of Courbet to a contemporary installation by Yayoi Kusama - and then links them to the most important movements, themes and techniques. Accessible, concise and richly illustrated, the book reveals the connections between different periods, artists and styles, giving readers a thorough understanding and broad enjoyment of modern art.
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• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Abstraction
• 2 Allegory
• 3 Ambiguity
• 4 Appropriation
• 5 Areas of Competence
• 6 Authenticity and Outsider Art
• 7 Autobiography
• 8 Balance
• 9 Beauty
• 10 Boundaries
• 11 Brush Techniques
• 12 Chance
• 13 Classicism and Renaissance
• 14 Collage and Assemblage
• 15 Color as Light
• 16 Color as Limit
• 17 Color Theory
• 18 Composition
• 19 Conceptual Art
• 20 Consistency of Visual Language
• 21 Craft
• 22 Creativity

• 23 Cross-Cultural Fertilization24 Cubism
• 25 Dada
• 26 Decoration
• 27 Distortion
• 28 Distribution
• 29 Drawing Language
• 30 The Emotive Object
• 31 Erotic Art
• 32 Expression in the Abstract
• 33 Fantasy and Visionary Art
• 34 Finish
• 35 Formal Innovation
• 36 Form Rendered
• 37 Gender
• 38 Harmony
• 39 Hierarchical Proportion
• 40 Imagination
• 41 Installation
• 42 Intentionality
• 43 Interactive Art
• 44 Juxtaposition
• 45 Kinetic Art
• 46 Land Art
• 47 Layers
• 48 Linear Basics
• 49 Mannerism

• 50 Mass51 Materials as Art
• 52 Minimalism
• 53 Mixed Media and Multimedia
• 54 Motif
• 55 Movement
• 56 Narrative
• 57 Op Art
• 58 Overload
• 59 Performance Art
• 60 Perspective
• 61 Plasticity
• 62 Politics and Polemics
• 63 Prepare and Develop
• 64 Printmaking
• 65 Process as Meaning
• 66 Proportion and Ratio
• 67 Quality
• 68 Quoting
• 69 Readymades
• 70 Realism
• 71 Religiosity
• 72 Repetition
• 73 Representation
• 74 Restraint
• 75 Rhythm
• 76 Romanticism
• 77 Scale
• 78 Semiotics

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A follow-up to Rockport Publishers' best-selling Universal Principles of Design, a new volume will present one hundred principles, fundamental ideas and approaches to making art, that will guide, challenge and inspire any artist to make better, more focused art.Universal Principles of Art serves as a wealth of prompts, hints, insights and roadmaps that will open a world of possibilities and provide invaluable keys to both understanding art works and generating new ones. Respected artist John A. Parks will explore principles that involve both techniques and concepts in art-making, covering everything from the idea of beauty to glazing techniques to geometric ideas in composition to minimalist ideology. Techniques are simple, direct and easily followed by any artist at any level. This incredibly detailed reference book is the standard for artists, historians, educators, professionals and students who seek to broaden and improve their art expertise.
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Covering Western art from the ancient Greeks to the present day, this dictionary contains clear and concise entries on styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. It also includes biographical entries for artists, critics, collectors, dealers, and patrons, with places and full dates of birth and death (in many instances correcting misinformation that has found its way into other sources). For this new edition, entries have been thoroughly revised and updated, and almost fifty new entries have been added.

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.

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.

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• PREFACE
• CLASSIFIED LIST OF ENTRIES
• A-Z DICTIONARY.
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Covering Western art from the ancient Greeks to the present day, this best-selling and authoritative dictionary is more wide-ranging than any comparable reference work. It contains over 2,500 clear and concise entries on styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. It also includes biographical entries for artists, critics, collectors, dealers, and patrons, with places and full dates of birth and death (in many instances correcting misinformation that has found its way into other sources). For this new edition, entries have been thoroughly revised and updated, and more than fifty new entries have been added, for example Tracey Emin and Jack Vettriano. Browsers and readers with an interest in a particular area will benefit from the classified list of all the entries in the book - an invaluable innovation that makes it easy to see immediately which collectors, for example, or 18th-century French artists, or printmaking terms, are included in the dictionary.Written in an engaging manner with many entries enlivened by quotations from artists and critics, this dictionary is a pleasure to browse, whilst its A-Z structure and classified list makes it perfect for quick reference. Previously entitled The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, this major new edition is essential for students and teachers of art, design, art theory, and art history, and it is ideal for artists, visitors to art exhibitions and galleries, and anyone with an interest in art.
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Oxford Art Online enables access and cross-search functionality to Grove and Oxford reference content in one location. Provides access to Grove Art Online, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships with ARTstor, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Images for College Teaching, Art Resource, Artists Rights Society and numerous international art galleries and artists.

Provides access to the entire text of The dictionary of art (1996) with constant additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links.

If you are an art lover - novice or connoisseur - "The Art Lover's Almanac" is your easy-to-use guide to the world of art history, famous paintings, art terminology, folk art, great museums, art collecting, and more. You'll want to keep the "Almanac" handy to browse in your spare moments, to use as a comprehensive reference book, to look up interesting facts, and to enhance your appreciation of the world of art. "The Art Lover's Almanac" is divided into eleven chapters that include lists of information, suggestions, little-known facts, definitions, illustrations, and quotations.'About Arts' offers information about fakes and forgeries, great art thefts, auction knowledge, and 25 great art magazines. 'art history and appreciation' includes topics such as art and culture 35,000 B.C. to present, the aesthetics of art, well-known women artists, and contemporary paintings. 'Art From Many Cultures' presents a wide range of information including Greek historical periods, 50 major African American artists, crafts created throughout Mexico, and Islamic art. 'Naive, Folk, And Outsider Art' contains facts about universal folk art and crafts, famous folk art environments, major arts and crafts festivals, and national heritage fellows of America. 'Applied Design And Fine Crafts' includes a broad range of topics such as 100 design icons of the twentieth century: museums emphasizing glass collections; textile and fiber arts; and master craftspersons of the twentieth century.'Museums To Visit Around The world' presents suggestions and information about: how to visit a museum, historic American homes open as museums, American museum towns, and major museums of the world. 'Prints and Drawings' includes a wealth of information on looking at prints: drawing terms, artists noted for their drawings, and collecting prints. 'Paintings and Painters' features: terms used in decorative painting techniques, great themes in painting, old masters, and timeline: discoveries in pigment. 'Sculpture' provides facts about famous sculptures, earthworks, past and present, looking at sculpture, public art, and 100 sculptures. 'Architecture' includes information on frank Lloyd Wright places you can visit, great places of worship, spaces for living, and American covered bridges. 'Photography' contains facts about what makes a photo a masterpiece, types of photography, 75 master photographers, and digital artists.
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This comprehensive reference text covers the often misunderstood area of aesthetics, anthropology and mythology within tribal or indigenous non-Western art. Including hundreds of entries and illustrations, it includes art from the cultures and tribal kingdoms of: Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and Polynesia, Western and Central Africa, Canada and Alaska, and the continental United States.
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The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography compares the uses of iconographic themes from mythology, the Bible and other sacred texts, literature, and popular culture in works of art through various periods, cultures, and genres. Art historians now tend to study narrative themes depicted in works of art in relation to such subjects as gender and sexuality, politics and power, ownership and possession, ceremony and ritual, legitimacy and authority. The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography reflects these new approaches by ordering the themes of various iconographic sources in particular biblical, mythological, and literary texts according to these new emphases. Each handsomely illustrated entry discusses the major relevant iconographic narratives and the historical background of each theme. A list of selected works of art that accompanies each essay guides the reader to examples in art that depict the theme under discussion. Each essay includes a list of suggested reading that provides further sources of information about the themes. A general bibliography of reference books is listed separately and can be used in association with all the essays. With 119 entries written by 42 experts, the Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography is an important reference work for art historians, students of art history, artists, and the general reader. Outstanding Academic Book Choice Worldwide Books Publication Award Art Libraries Society of North America Outstanding Reference Source American Library Association Special Reference Award Wittenborn Artbook Awards.
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Encyclopedic dictionary of Hindu literature, religion, art, science, etc.