- Paperback: 672 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198604270
- ISBN-13: 978-0198604273
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,618,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Lastingly useful...succinct and readable accounts (browsing is a pleasure) of artists, styles, movements, art forms, materials, and techniques will undoubtedly earn it an honorable place on many bookshelves."--Times Literary Supplement
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This second edition of "The Oxford Dictionary of Art" covers topics ranging across painting, sculpture, drawing, and the applied arts, from classical times to the contemporary scene. Over 3,000 entries provide the reader with instant information about styles, techniques, collections, artists, and historians and a there is also a practical reference section comprising a contextual chronology of major works and directory of museums and galleries around the world. Features of the dictionary include: material on 20th-century art including entries on graffiti art, David Hockney, Tamara de Lempicka, Richard Long, Neo-Expressionism, New Realism, the Pompidou Centre, and the Turner Prize; entries accompanied by quotations from artists and critics; and list of classical and biblical themes in painting and sculpture.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have found this book an essential and worthy compilation of art information and definitions. It has been very helpful for me whilst working on my essay, and I would recommend it highly to anyone studying art.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The book is always a good place to start my history of art essays, it is an easy to use refrence book and a must for anyone studing anything in art and design.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Handy and useful articles on art terms and artist bios
7 Oct 2004
Format:Paperback
This is a very handy and informative dictionary of terms you will likely encounter in reading about painting and sculpture. If you think of the definitions as short articles on a topic you will be closer to the mark. There are also many short biographies of important historical artists. One of the nice conventions is an asterisk before terms used in the articles that are also themselves the subject of articles.
There are no illustrations, plates, or diagrams in the book. However, there is a short foreword and an introduction.
All in all, this is quite a useful handbook and I use it with some frequency.
There are no illustrations, plates, or diagrams in the book. However, there is a short foreword and an introduction.
All in all, this is quite a useful handbook and I use it with some frequency.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Excellent guide to the field
20 April 2007
Format:Hardcover
Over the past few years, Oxford University Press has continued to develop its line of excellent reference works, revising older volumes and adding new subjects. The latest edition of "The Oxford Dictionary of Art" carries on that tradition.
The guide offers to the general reader an excellent grounding in the facts and philosophies that underlie the media. The entries cover artists, movements, museums (with addresses and websites), materials and, in the back, a chronology listing key works and when they were completed.
While it sometimes falls into the thicket of scholarly jibber-jabber -- and one should recognize the possibility exists while trying to describe visual art using only words, in a book which contains no pictures -- the dictionary is even-handed in describing the critical reaction to a work. With its wide range of descriptions, both geographically and chronologically, this revised guide allows armchair art appreciators to brush up on their learning.
The guide offers to the general reader an excellent grounding in the facts and philosophies that underlie the media. The entries cover artists, movements, museums (with addresses and websites), materials and, in the back, a chronology listing key works and when they were completed.
While it sometimes falls into the thicket of scholarly jibber-jabber -- and one should recognize the possibility exists while trying to describe visual art using only words, in a book which contains no pictures -- the dictionary is even-handed in describing the critical reaction to a work. With its wide range of descriptions, both geographically and chronologically, this revised guide allows armchair art appreciators to brush up on their learning.
A MUST HAVE
30 Dec 2008
Format:Paperback
This is a must have for any art history person or anyone in sales for art. It's a complete who's who and what's what of art. It has useful information and is a great resource.
I highly recommend this book.
I highly recommend this book.
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