"Excellent, concise . . . highly recommended." —Choice This extensively illustrated dictionary provides information on over 2,500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements throughout the world, including ...
Lists concise information on 2500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, writers on art, terms, schools, styles, and movements.
Here is a comprehensive, accessible and authoritative illustrated reference to the history, art and science of photography.
With over 200 new and updated entries, this indispensable book provides information about typographers, journals, movements and styles, organizations and schools, printers and private presses, art directors, technological advances, design ...
Despite this popularity, books on Duchamp are often hyper-theoretical, rarely presenting the artist in an accessible way.
Poussinisme One of two conflicting currents in French art, the one supporting the balanced, intellectually rigorous art of Poussin, the other the more colourful and sensual manner of Rubens (*Rube'nisme). This dichotomy was debated at ...
This dictionary provides a handy and accessibly written reference guide to an often bewildering array of kings and dynasties, gods and goddesses, temples and tombs.
This volume will serve as a lively and indispensable guide for those preparing a visit to India, for Indians living in the West, for students, or for anyone interested in the subcontinent. 275 b/w illustrations.
Presenting a brief history of word- and book-based art, and examining major areas where the word has dominated artistic practice, this book takes us on a fascinating and richly illustrated global tour of diverse contemporary art forms.
Arranged in self-contained sections the book simplifies accurate identification of any printed image.