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Visual Art Resources: Art Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

Reference Books

The Dictionary of Art by Jane Turner (Editor)
Publication Date: 2003
Get general information about artists and movements. Use the entry bibliographies to find more resources.
Benezit Dictionary of Artists by Editions Grund (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006

Reference eBooks

The Grove encyclopedia of materials and techniques in ar by Gerald W.R. Ward
Publication Date: 2008
eBook
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts by Gordon Campbell
Publication Date: 2006
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture by Gordon Campbell
Publication Date: 2007
eBook
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture by Jonathan Bloom; Sheila Blair
Publication Date: 2009
eBook

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The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaisance Art

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