CHIVERS, Ian and Harold Osborne (edited by) THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ART. New Edition , U.K: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0198600844 Book and dustjacket in fine condition. xi, 647pp .For this edition the text has been thoroughly revised, with numerous changes and additions, including more than a hundred new entries. With information on styles, techniques, collections, artists and historians. The bulk of the new material deals with twentieth-century art. As in the original edition, no artist born after 1945 has an individual entry, but several younger artists are discussed within general entries. There is a Reference Section: Chronology - Index of Galleries and Museums - A Selection of Christian and Classical themes in painting and sculpture. Three thousand entries on painting, sculpture, graphics and the applied arts. New material on 20th century art including entries on graffiti art, Frieda Kahlo, Tamara de Lempicka, Richard Long, Neo-Expressionism, New Generation, Pompidou Centre, and Turner Prize. Entries enlivened with quotations from artists and critics. Chronology of major works in their historical context. Select list of classical and Christian themes with major examples. (9½"h x 6¼"w) (24cms x 16cms) approx. (Book ref. 6901)  £28.00

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