Phaidon Encyclopedia of Art and Artists by Phaidon Press (.PDF)
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Phaidon Encyclopedia of Art and Artists by Phaidon Press
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Overview: The purpose of this book is to provide, within reasonable limitations of space, a comprehensive and authoritative reference guide for both student and general reader, as well as a lively appreciation of the history of world art.
In 1 97 1 the five-volume Pall Mall Encyclopedia of Art was published jointly in the U.K. by the Pall Mall Press, an imprint later absorbed into the Phaidon Press, and in the U.S. by Praeger Publishers Inc. The five-volume work was, in its turn, based on the Dictionnaire Universel de Vart et des artistes, published in three volumes in 1967 by Fernand Hazan, Paris, and edited by the distinguished French art historian and critic Robert Maillard. When the English-language version was undertaken the contents of the French edition were fully revised and updated, and many new articles were added, chiefly in the areas of American and British art. This encyclopedia is based on the contributions originally written for the much larger work, abridged, brought up to date and adapted to suit the format of a single volume.
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