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The Dictionary of Art
Since its publication, The Dictionary of Art has become the centerpiece of over 4,000 public and private library collections around the world. For these libraries, The Dictionary is a long-term investment essential to those who work in the arts and humanities and a vital everyday point of reference for the local communities that they serve. An extraordinary work of reference. In addition to the entries on individual artists and national cultures, there are rewarding articles on conservation for all kinds of materials, on color and color theory, on the social and political background of great art movements and reminders in every volume that art is ... widespread and fundamental to human life. – The Wall Street Journal As a reference work, there is nothing to compare with The Dictionary of Art. People who work in the arts - lecturers, curators, dealers, researchers and journalists - will find it impossible to do their jobs without the magnificent resource now available to them. – Richard Dorment, The Daily Telegraph This mammoth enterprise does not appear to stint on its coverage of accepted great art from any quarter ... But there are also manifestations of art that have never before been taken so seriously in major encyclopeaedic form – John Russell, The New York Times The sheer detail and extent of the genuinely world-wide coverage is a matter for ungrudging admiration. The Dictionary of Art is certain to become the standard point of first reference for scholars and students of art history of whatever period and in whatever field. – The Book of the Year, Apollo Magazine It is hard to resist superlatives about the new Dictionary of Art... If this isn't the most important art-publishing event of the 20th century, coming right at its end, one would like to know what its plausible competitors are. In fact there aren't any. ... No more complete guide to the world's art exists; this is especially true of the range of cultures outside the west, both old and modern. – Robert Hughes, Time Magazine The most ambitious art-publishing venture of the late twentieth century, it is an awesome single source on world art. It is an invaluable acquisition for any serious art lover, indispensable for libraries or schools. In every sense this is a historic publication...who knows whether anyone will try to supersede it in the future – or whether anyone could? – Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times Book Review The Dictionary of Art succeeds in performing that most difficult of balancing acts, satisfying specialists while at the same time remaining accessible to the general reader. – Richard Cork, The Times The Dictionary of Art replaces all previous works of reference... A broad cultural survey like Diderot's Encyclopédie, it is a major contribution to intellectual and artistic life in its own right. – David Watkin, Architectural Review
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Specifications and orders 34 volumes ISBN: 1-884446-00-0 UK and Rest of World |
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