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The Dictionary of Art
 Coverage
The Dictionary of Art is the most comprehensive work on art and culture ever published. A sample of its contents includes:
- 20,000 biographies of artists, patrons and others who have influenced art over the centuries
- Chronological surveys of the art and architecture of every country in the world
- In-depth articles on cultures and civilizations past and present from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, the Pacific and Australia
- Information about 1,500 archaeological sites and 1,350 cities
- Entries on notable buildings, building types and elements, and construction materials and techniques
- Discussions of styles and movements in art and architecture, their development and the people who fostered them
- Detailed information about materials: their uses, the techniques used to manipulate them, and their conservation
- Articles on forms, themes and subject-matter in art and architecture, as well as discussions of theoretical issues
- Entries covering the development of all forms of the decorative arts
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Specifications and orders
34 volumes
October 1996
ISBN: 1-884446-00-0
North and South America
To order, click here.
UK and Rest of World
To order, please email: book.orders@oup.co.uk
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