The concise Oxford dictionary of art and artists / edited by Ian Chilvers
1990, First Edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 517 pages; vii, 517 p ; 22 cm. Rev., updated and condensed ed. of The Oxford dictionary of art, 1988. Summary: This is a guide to western art from Ancient Greece to the present day, based on "The Oxford Dictionary of Art". It covers painting, sculpture and the graphic arts with entries on artists, patrons and dealers, collectors and writers, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. There are also many contemporary anecdotes and quotations, and the book maintains a careful balance between fact and appraisal. Series: Oxford reference. Item #226104
ISBN: 0198661665
Price: €12.95