Britannica Encyclopedia of Art and
Artists is a completely revised and updated version of one
of the most comprehensive encyclopedias on art available today.
As an authoritative
reference work, the Encyclopedia of Art and Artists
covers all aspects of visual art from its earliest beginnings
to the glories of the Renaissance and the many new contemporary
art forms practiced today.
Highlights:
Consisting of 9 volumes of
196 pages each, the Encyclopedia of Visual Art covers
the entire history of art, chronologically, in the first
five volumes and provides an alphabetically arranged
biographical dictionary of artists in volumes 6-9.
New and updated biographies include:
George Baselitx; Louis Bourgeois; Lucian Freud; Gilbert
and George; Leon Golub; Eva Hesse; Frida Kahlo; Anselm
Kiefer; Alice Neel; Richard Serra; George Segal; Cy
Twombly; Norman Foster; Laurie Anderson; Chan Ta-ch'ien
(plus new illustration); Chuck Close (plus new illustration);
Frank Gehry; Li K'o-jan; Maya Lin ; Richard Meier; Nam
June Park; and Gerhard Richter.
The set is beautifully illustrated
in full color and is designed to meet the needs of students,
artists, art lovers, as well as those who simply like
looking at beautiful things.
Volume Includes:
Volume 1 Paleolithic Art-Etruscan
Art
Volume 2 Roman Art-Early
Christian Art
Volume 3 Byzantine Art-Ottonian
Art
Volume 4 Romanesque Art-Romanticism
Volume 5 Realism-South African
Art
Volume 6 Alvar Aalto-Paul
Ruel
Volume 7 Albrecht Durer-Jan
Lievensz
Volume 8 Limburg Brothers-Francisco
Ribalta
Volume 9 Jusepe Ribera-Francisco
de Zurbarn Glossary and Index
Product details:
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9
Volumes, 196 pages each
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More
than 2,240 illustrations
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1,770
pages (more than 1 million words)
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Trim
size: is 8.5 X 11 (280x 215mm)
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Hard
Cover
Includes
Delivery Within Singapore $650(SGD)
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