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Genre/Form: | Wörterbuch Biographies Dictionaries Biography Dictionaries |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Chilvers, Ian. Dictionary of modern and contemporary art. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 (OCoLC)743356236 |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ian Chilvers; John Glaves-Smith |
ISBN: | 0199239657 9780199239658 0199239665 9780199239665 9780191726750 0191726753 |
OCLC Number: | 244417428 |
Notes: | Prev. ed. published as: of: A dictionary of twentieth century art. 1998. |
Description: | viii, 776 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | INTRODUCTION; A-Z DICTIONARY; APPENDIX OF GENERAL WEB LINKS |
Other Titles: | Oxford dictionary of modern and contemporary art |
Responsibility: | Ian Chilvers and John Glaves-Smith. |
Abstract:
This fully revised and updated dictionary of modern and contemporary art contains over 2,000 entries on a vast range of subjects, including movements, styles, techniques, artists, critics, schools, and galleries. Fascinating, comprehensive, and authoritative, it is an essential A-Z guide for art students and teachers, artists, and art lovers.
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This Oxford dictionary deserves a place on every gossip columnist's bookshelf. Art Quarterly The book is very well written and its judgements are sound. Art Quarterly This terrific book can't be recommended simply to gossip columnists. You need it too. Frank Whitford, Art Quarterly, Winter 2009 The book is very well written and its judgements are sound...the entries are spot-on. Frank Whitford, Art Quarterly, Winter 2009 ...hugely enjoyable. It demonstrates that dictionaries can entertain while informing. Frank Whitford. Art Quarterly. Winter 2009 Read more...
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