EDITED BY IAN CHIVERS - The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists

Great Britain, Oxford University Press, 1990. Reprint, Binding: Soft Cover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 019282676X Paperback Paperback. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. This book is a comprehensive and fully up-to-date guide to western art frm Ancient Greece to the present day. The more than 2,000 entries range over painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts, and cover not only artists and their work, but also patrons and dealers, collectors and writers, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. The careful balance which has been maintained between fact and apraisal, the inclusion of many contemporary anecdotes and quotations, and the clarity and freshness of style, make this an entirey reliable yet highly readable work of reference which will be invaluable to art enthusiasts of every kind. 517 pp.