The Grove Dictionary of Art: 34 Volumes by Jane Turner

The Grove Dictionary of Art: 34 Volumes by Jane Turner

Boasting well over 6,000 contributors from 12 countries, the Dictionary offers its readers authoritative and comprehensive global coverage.
A resource for both art and cultural studies, the Dictionary serves as a unique guide to all the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, printmaking, as well as the decorative arts. The Dictionary ranges far both geographically and historically; it features unparalleled coverage of Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Mongolia, China, India, the Islamic world, Japan, Korea, Native North America, Pacific and Aboriginal Australia, Pre-Columbian America, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Ancient Near East, and Ancient Rome. Providing depth as well as breadth, The Dictionary of Art examines important art forms and key issues of design, taste, function, and patronage, illuminating them in light of the cultural context in which they developed.

Succeeds in performing the most difficult of balancing acts, satisfying specialists while at the same time remaiign accessible to the general readerThe Times
As a reference work there is nothing to compare. The Daily Telegraph

Jane Turner is a specialist in Dutch and Flemish Old Master drawings. In addition to her work as Editor of The Dictionary of Art, she is preparing catalogues of Northern drawings for the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9780195170689
ISBN 10	0195170687
Title	The Grove Dictionary of Art: 34 Volumes
Author	Jane Turner
Series	The Grove Dictionary Of Art
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2003-10-09
Number of pages	32600
Prizes	Winner of Winner of the 1997 Dartmouth Medal 1997 ^IChoice^R Outstanding Academic Book 1996 ^IBooklist^R Editor's Choice George Wittenborn Award for Excellence in Art Publishing 1996 ^IApollo Magazine^R Book of the Year Award Wheatley Medal for Outstanding Index from the Library Association of the UK ^ILibrary Journal's^R "One of the 50 Best Reference Sources of the Millennium".
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