Description |
512 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
The 500 artists -- Glossary of technical terms -- Glossary of artistic movements -- Directory of museums and galleries |
Summary |
An A to Z guide to 500 great painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times. Each artist is represented by a full-page color plate of a typical work, accompanied by explanatory and illuminating information on each image and its creator. The entries are comprehensively cross-referenced and glossaries of artistic movements and technical terms are included, together with an international directory of galleries and museums to visit |
Analysis |
Visual arts |
Notes |
Contributors: Adam Butler, Claire Van Cleave, Susan Stirling |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Credits |
Contributors: Adam Butler, Claire Van Cleave, Susan Stirling |
Notes |
Winner of the Illustrated Book of the Year, 1994 |
Subject |
Art -- Dictionaries.
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Art -- Encyclopedias.
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Art -- Themes, motives.
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Artists -- Dictionaries.
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Artists -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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Arts.
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Painters -- Dictionaries.
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Painters -- Encyclopedias.
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Painting -- Dictionaries.
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Sculptors -- Dictionaries.
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Sculptors -- Encyclopedias.
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Sculpture -- Dictionaries.
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Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Author |
Butler, Adam.
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Stirling, Susan.
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Van Cleave, Claire.
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Phaidon Press.
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LC no. |
96137493 2006298171 |
ISBN |
0714829846 |
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0714830321 |
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071484487X paperback |
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9780714829845 |
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9780714830322 |
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9780714844879 paperback |
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