The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and ArtistsIan Chilvers Oxford University Press, 2003 - Art Searchable database of 2500 entries. Guide to Western Art from ancient Greece to the present. Includes artists ranging from Polyclitus of Argos to Andy Warhol, with entries on younger contemporary artists, such as, Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, and Rachel Whiteread. Here also are periods and movements, including the Classical period, the Renaissance, impressionism, the Ashcan School, and Cubism, as well as techniques and styles such as encaustic painting, encarnado, lithography, cabinet painting, and blot drawing. |
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