The Oxford Dictionary of Art

3. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-860476-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 862 Seiten

Key Features:From its original publication in 1988, The Oxford Dictionary of Art has been recognized as the 'best and most inclusive' (Sunday Times) work of its kind
- Sold just under 100,000 copies world wide in its previous editions
- 'Delightfully written. Many entries are little classics' Arts Review
- 'An essential addition to the bookshelves of any art-lover' Good Book Guide
- Thoroughly revised and expanded, with over 200 new entries on contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, Antony Gormley; new forms such as video art; museums, such as the Musée d'Orsay; and patrons and collectors, including the Habsburgs, Gulbenkian
- Almost 3,500 entries provide accessible and lively information about artists, styles, techniques, and collections from 5th centry BC to the present
- Entries enlivened with quotations from artists and critics
- Practical directory of museums and galleries around the world, including information on collections, major works, and contact details
Description:

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. Well over 3,000 entries provide the reader with instant information, written in succinct and readable prose, about styles, techniques, collections, artists, and historians.
PREVIOUS EDITION: 0-19-860427-0 Chilvers, Osbourne, and Farr, The Oxford Dictionary of Art 2/e, published 1997.

Zielgruppe

The Oxford Dictionary of Art will be bought by students of art, to use as a quick reference, and by students and academics in related areas. It will also be bought by those with a general interest in art, and those who visit museums and galleries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chilvers, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

IAN CHILVERS, Freelance editor and writer. He is author of A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art, editor of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, and co-editor of The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature.