These books can be found in the library catalog and on the shelves in Atkins. Use them to expand keywords, and to find basic information (about artists and movements) as well as images, photographs, and sketches.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists by
Based on the Oxford Dictionary of Art, this is an authoritative guide to Western art from ancient Greece to the present day. There are over 2,500 entries, arranged in A-Z order, on artists, painting, sculpture, the graphic arts, leading collectors, dealers, and patrons, museums and galleries, and materials and techniques, many enlivened by quotations from artists and critics.
The Oxford Dictionary of Art by
Offers three thousand entries on Western art and essential features of Asian art.
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography by
Guide to how various mythological, Biblical, and literary themes have been treated in literature, art, music, and the performing arts in Western art.
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