The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists

The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists

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Book Description
This superb reference work features almost 3,000 entries dealing with all aspects of Western art from 1300 to the present. Along with vivid and up-to-date characterizations of artistic styles and individual artists, the extensively cross-referenced entries describe and explain technical processes, theory, schools, movements, patrons and collecting, and more. In addition, conceptual entries cover a full range of subjects from allegory to abstraction. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author
Erika Langmuir is a former head of education at the National Gallery, London. Norbert Lynton, professor emeritus of the University of Sussex and former director of exhibitions for the Arts Council of Great Britain, has written widely on twentieth-century art. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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