The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists

by Herbert Read

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International and up-to-date, this copiously cross-referenced dictionary provides information on a consuderable number of artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements, including essential information on contemporary art and artists, not available elsewhere, and on techniques, materials, terms, and writers who have influenced artists. This indispensable source book is now extensively revised, supplemented and updated with 200 new entries, including Installation Art, show more Frida Kahlo, Rachel Whiteread and Bill Viola. show less

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The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists
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The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists

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Reference, Art & Design, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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703Arts & recreationArtsDictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances of fine and decorative arts
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N33 .T53Fine ArtsVisual artsGeneral
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