Penguin Dictionary Of Art and Artists

Here's quick access to short biographies of over 1000 renown painters, sculptors, and engravers. Find facts, dates, and details about careers, notes of galleries exhibiting artists' work, along with concise estimates of styles. This 5th edition dictionary covers the last seven centuries, up to the present, including Pop Art.

The dictionary also defines artistic movements and terms applied to periods and ideas, plus technical expressions and processes. (The art of Eastern or primitive peoples is not covered).

Authors — Peter and Linda Murray.

Paperback. 464 pages. 5" × 7¾" (12 cm × 19 cm.