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Title: Britannica Encyclopedia Of Art (5 Vol)
Packing: Set of 5 Books
ISBN: 1593391129
Publishing Date: 2005
This fine set is a companion to Facts On File's Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists. Both sets are revisions of 1983 titles. That general editor Sir Lawrence Gowing died in 1991 should prove no more problematic than the fact that Helen Gardner and H. W. Janson, authors of classic and regularly updated art histories, died in 1946 and 1982, respectively.
Facts On File Encyclopedia of Art is published outside North America as Britannica Encyclopedia of Art. Its 54 signed sections survey, in roughly chronological order, Paleolithic through contemporary art. Standard and lesser-studied divisions in the European lineage, such as Classical Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Viking, Ottonian, Byzantine, Gothic, Baroque, Impressionist, and Dada and Surrealist art, are engagingly covered by contributors as distinguished as John Boardman, Elizabeth Cowling, and Sam Hunter. Updating of sections appears to be largely in the form of signed essays a few paragraphs to several pages in length following the original essay. Also impressively covered are non-European traditions including African, Oceanic, Indian, Southeast Asian, Chinese and Korean, Japanese, Islamic, pre-Columbian, Latin American, Australian, South African, and modern American art. There is a dearth of information on pre-twentieth-century American art-not even an index reference to John Singleton Copley or Albert Bierstadt.
Each section is handsomely illustrated, predominantly in color. As in Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists, there is a pleasing mix of the well-known image, such as van Gogh's sunflowers, and the unfamiliar, such as a Mexican bark painting or a selection of Turkish carpets. Captions generally describe the artwork, the name of its maker (if known) or culture of origin, and its location; less regularly indicated are dates and dimensions. Embedded in most essays are one or two signed and well-illustrated gallery studies (of several related works, such as Mochica effigy vases) or close studies (of a single work, such as the Egbert Codex). Preceding the first essay is a two-page chronology of art history. A glossary identical to that in the companion set and a thorough index conclude volume 5.
Vol. 1 (Paleolothic art - Etruscan art)
Vol. 2 (Roman art - Early Christian art)
Vol. 3 (Byzanthine art - Ottonian art)
Vol. 4 (Romanesque art - Romanticism)
Vol. 5 (Realism - South African art)
Highly recommended, especially in combination with the companion set, for libraries serving readers at the high-school level and above.
Packing: Set of 5 Books
ISBN: 1593391129
Publishing Date: 2005
This fine set is a companion to Facts On File's Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists. Both sets are revisions of 1983 titles. That general editor Sir Lawrence Gowing died in 1991 should prove no more problematic than the fact that Helen Gardner and H. W. Janson, authors of classic and regularly updated art histories, died in 1946 and 1982, respectively.
Facts On File Encyclopedia of Art is published outside North America as Britannica Encyclopedia of Art. Its 54 signed sections survey, in roughly chronological order, Paleolithic through contemporary art. Standard and lesser-studied divisions in the European lineage, such as Classical Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Viking, Ottonian, Byzantine, Gothic, Baroque, Impressionist, and Dada and Surrealist art, are engagingly covered by contributors as distinguished as John Boardman, Elizabeth Cowling, and Sam Hunter. Updating of sections appears to be largely in the form of signed essays a few paragraphs to several pages in length following the original essay. Also impressively covered are non-European traditions including African, Oceanic, Indian, Southeast Asian, Chinese and Korean, Japanese, Islamic, pre-Columbian, Latin American, Australian, South African, and modern American art. There is a dearth of information on pre-twentieth-century American art-not even an index reference to John Singleton Copley or Albert Bierstadt.
Each section is handsomely illustrated, predominantly in color. As in Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists, there is a pleasing mix of the well-known image, such as van Gogh's sunflowers, and the unfamiliar, such as a Mexican bark painting or a selection of Turkish carpets. Captions generally describe the artwork, the name of its maker (if known) or culture of origin, and its location; less regularly indicated are dates and dimensions. Embedded in most essays are one or two signed and well-illustrated gallery studies (of several related works, such as Mochica effigy vases) or close studies (of a single work, such as the Egbert Codex). Preceding the first essay is a two-page chronology of art history. A glossary identical to that in the companion set and a thorough index conclude volume 5.
Vol. 1 (Paleolothic art - Etruscan art)
Vol. 2 (Roman art - Early Christian art)
Vol. 3 (Byzanthine art - Ottonian art)
Vol. 4 (Romanesque art - Romanticism)
Vol. 5 (Realism - South African art)
Highly recommended, especially in combination with the companion set, for libraries serving readers at the high-school level and above.
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