A comprehensive alphabetical reference on artists in all mediums. The 1,340 illustrated articles cover all the dominant artists; relatively minor artists are listed in summary form in the index. Each article summarizes the development of an artist's style and important works against a background of relevant biographical information, and assesses his or her enduring contribution to the arts.
Founded in 1972, the Bridgeman Art Library works with museums, art galleries and artists to make the best art available for reproduction. The result is an outstanding archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world.
The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art (GEAA) deals with all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date information on all aspects of this fundamental area of the visual arts. This reference work provides fascinating historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art offers the most current and comprehensive scholarly information on the visual arts of the Renaissance in Northern Europe.
The Masterworks Collection is a rich collection of art history videos. Each short documentary showcases an artist and a key piece, illuminating the context and history of the work. Comprehensively illustrated and compellingly presented (detailed narration accompanies each film), these films provide a deeper insight into master works of painting.
International and up-to-date, this copiously cross-referenced dictionary provides information on a consuderable number of artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements, including essential information on contemporary art and artists, not available elsewhere, and on techniques, materials, terms, and writers who have influenced artists.
A comprehensive alphabetical reference on artists in all mediums. The 1,340 illustrated articles cover all the dominant artists; relatively minor artists are listed in summary form in the index. Each article summarizes the development of an artist's style and important works against a background of relevant biographical information, and assesses his or her enduring contribution to the arts.
Dictionary of art by Jane Turner
Call Number: Ref N31.D5 1996 vol. 1-34
ISBN: 1884446000
With 6700 contributors (a list that reads like a who's who of the world's experts), it covers all aspects of the visual arts in all places at all times, with a weather eye to the contemporary and a discerning eye to the non-Western arts. Coverage includes biographical, geographical, philosophical, and theoretical information, as well as forms and themes, social aspects, and cultural influences.
Encyclopedia of comparative iconography by Helene E. Roberts
Call Number: Ref. N7560.E53 1998 vol.1-2
ISBN: 1579580092
Numerous contributors present essays on artists' uses and interpretations of some 120 narratives and themes from mythology, religion, and literature in various time periods, cultures, and art forms.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture spans every art form, medium, and civilization the fall of the Roman Empire, The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture is a comprehensive reference source on this important field of study.
Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts, 1300-1990s by Jane Davidson Reid, Chris Rohmann
Call Number: Ref NX650.M9 R45 1993 vol.1-2
ISBN: 0195049985
The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts is a unique reference work: a topically classified chronology of more than 30,000 artworks from circa 1300 to the present day that take as their theme the subjects of Greek and Roman mythology.
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