The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists

Based on the highly praised Oxford Dictionary of Art which the London Sunday Times called "the best and most inclusive single volume available," The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Western art from Ancient Greece to the present day. Retaining all of the essential features of the original while adding new entries and eliminating the more peripheral articles, this abridgment:
• Offers over two thousand entries on painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts written in clear, lively prose.
• Covers artists and their work, patrons and dealers, collectors and writers, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries.
• Includes artists ranging from Polyclitus of Argos to Leonardo da Vinci, from Grandma Moses to Mary Cassatt, and from Max Beckmann to Andy Warhol.
• Presents periods and movements from the Classical period to the Renaissance, the Ancients to Impressionism, and the Ash-can School to Cubism.
• Discusses techniques and styles such as encaustic painting, encarnado, lithography, cabinet painting, and blot drawing.
• Provides a helpful cross-referencing system for names, art media, styles, and terms.