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Topic Overviews

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Subject Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of World Art by Massino Pallottino (Introduction by); David Eggenberger (Editor); Stefania Malpighi (Translator); Joseph Simone (Translator); Giulio C. Argan (Preface by)
Call Number: MAC Reference N31 .E533
Subject matter consists of representational arts in the broadest sense, architecture, sculpture, painting, and other man-made objects with no limits as to time, place, or cultural environment.
The Dictionary of Art by Jane Turner (Editor)
Call Number: MAC Reference N31 .D5 1996
Online ed. provides access to the entire 45,000-plus articles of Grove's Dictionary of art (1996, 34 vols.) with constant additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links.
The Design Encyclopedia by Terence Riley (Introduction by); Mel Byars
Call Number: MAC Reference NK1370 .B93 2004
The Design Encyclopedia is a compendium of the world of modern design over the last century and a half. Compiled from a number of primary and secondary sources by the American author and design historian Mel Byers, in consultation with an international team of design experts, this illustrated design reference guide provides the essential framework for a field that continues to generate intense interest worldwide.
The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art by Gerald W. R. Ward
The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques deals with all aspects of materials, techniques, conservation, and restoration in both traditional and nontraditional media, including ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, works on paper, textiles, video, digital art, and more. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in The Dictionary of Art and adding new entries, this work is a comprehensive reference resource for artists, art dealers, collectors, curators, conservators, students, researchers, and scholars.