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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists

by Ian Chilvers

Pages: 584

Contributors: Ian Chilvers

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Place of Publication: Oxford

Publication Year: 1996

Subjects: Art--Dictionaries,Artists--Biography--Dictionaries

Table of Contents

Title Page

Preface

Preface to the New Edition

Abbreviations

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...editors on The Oxford Dictionary of Art , I now add those of Hilary...family of Oxford English Dictionaries to help with definitions...much information from The Dictionary of National Biography and the various Oxford Companions outside the field of art. Margaret Drabbles new...entries by Helen Langdon on artists and their relationship to...
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A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art

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Art, Modern--20th Century--Dictionaries, Artists--Biography--Dictionaries

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...called the mainstream of art history, I have also included numerous artists who do not usually find their...instinct; if I thought that an artist was likely to be the subject...been able to find him in any art reference book including standard dictionaries of artists from Russia...masters of 20th-century art, we are on safer ground...French in the Macmillan Dictionary of Art , and Italian in the...
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...Thulite --A term in lapidary art +ADs- see zoisite . Thulite...hole --The opening in an artists palette , providing easy grip...Thumb-index --In book art , scoops or half circles cut...miniature drawing . Also, a brief biography or autobiography. Thumb ring --In Oriental art , a large ring, often ornately...
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Nineteenth-Century European Art: A Topical Dictionary

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...politician, journalist and art critic, and the co-founder...Duret), and later he wrote a biography of Manet. He was nearly shot...life, in 1912, by the *Nabi artist Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940...renowned critic in his messy art-crammed study, cat on lap...students who aspired to be artists, many coming from as far away...wishing to view and buy works of art that were easily assessable...
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Baroque Art: A Topical Dictionary

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...Paul depict a man who was ugly, bald and short. Baroque artists showed him as tall with flowing hair and a white beard...Franciscan Order and eventually became its minister general. His biography of St. Francis has been much translated and is frequently...paintings Bonaventura wears a Franciscan habit, and some artists show a cope large cape over it. As the

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...to the original dictionary. Nicholl, Charles...death and in his biography: the "Baines...Play: Life and Art in Tamburlaine...and A E Networks Biography on A E." 3...the making of "biographies of the nation...Littleton. "Biographies in Talk: A Narrative...Importance of Biography and Ethno-Mimesis...Aesthetic: The Use of Arts-Based (Re...
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...viii. In The Dictionary of National Biography, Anne Gilchrist...Women and The Dictionary of National Biography...equivalents to these dictionaries existed in the...rival" to Bethams dictionary: "Felicia Hemans...See The Art of Biography in Eighteenth...Learned Languages, Arts and Sciences...Collections of womens biographies had long been in...the Biographical Dictionary," Genre 31...miniature portrait artist and poet in London...
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David's Telemachus and Eucharis: Reflections on Love, Learning, and History

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Grove's Dictionary of Art Goes Online

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Groves Dictionary of Art Goes Online Groves Dictionaries, Inc. has announced that its The Dictionary of Art-the 34-volume...The Grove Dictionary of Art Online is edited by Jan...networked reference source on art and culture, according...The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, all of the thousands...Internet sources for the arts, including picture libraries...and brand new entries on artists Damien Hirst and Rachel...
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...not understand, look them up in the dictionary by Anne Bentley Moche Culture Before...Vessels like this were made from molds. Artists added the facial features and paint to...many vessels that looked alike until artists added unique paint designs and facial...community in 2003. Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach...
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...understand, look them up in the dictionary by Anne Bentley African Americans...been depicted in American art for centuries. Many times...James Chapin is one of the artists who challenged these depictions...in New Jersey. He studied art in New York City and abroad...Green as a strong woman and artist. Her pose is confident and...experiencing a "rebirth" in arts and education. Famous African...report. Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Avenue...
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Magazine article by Anne Bentley; School Arts, Vol. 102, December 2002

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...understand, look them up in the dictionary by Anne Bentley Constantin...nature. He began to study art and excelled at woodworking...decided to leave Romania to study art in Paris, France. He became...in a cafe, he met a young artist named Margit Pogany. Margit...Whoever can say that a work of art is finished?" This bust is...

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...allusions abounded, and finally special dictionaries were required for their elucidation...characters. The last of a great series of dictionaries (still in standard use) was produced...literature first emerged as a full-fledged art in the drama of the Yuan dynasty (1260...
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