The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (World of Art) - Softcover

Lucie-Smith, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500203652 ISBN 13: 9780500203651

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2004

Synopsis

"A richly illustrated paperback that provides useful information on a wide range of art and design history, theory and practice ... Scholarly yet accessible, and should prove invaluable to teachers and students alike."―The Times Educational Supplement

What exactly is neoexpressionism? the difference between applique and appliqué? the part of a city known as the acropolis? or the painting technique called gouache? In this authoritative and concise dictionary, more than 2,000 entries embrace the vast vocabulary of painting and sculpture, architecture and photography, and the decorative, applied, and graphic arts. The hundreds of illustrations and diagrams play a vital role as information: art movements become immediately recognizable by a representative painting, and the defining features of each order of architecture are identifiable at a glance.

This revised edition features a substantial number of new entries, including today's influential artist groups and tendencies from Chicano art to gene art, and new terms connected with the use of computer technology in the art world, from digital image to pixel. 400 illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

Edward Lucie-Smith is well-known as a poet, novelist, biographer, broadcaster, and critic, and he is the author of numerous books, among them The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms, Furniture: A Concise History, Movements in Art Since 1945, Symbolist Art, and Sexuality in Western Art (all in the World of Art series).

Review:

"Stands by itself. One could easily read it from cover to cover for the pleasure it gives."

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0500203652
• ISBN 13: 9780500203651
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224