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Where do you look when you're tracing the artistic discovery of South and Central America and the Caribbean Islands by Europeans? Do you go to the biographies of Miguel Cabrera, Alexander von Humboldt, and Pablo O'Higgens? And how do you explore Churrigueresque, the most exuberantly ornamental phase of Spanish architectural decoration? Grove's new Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art is the perfect art resource for you. Featuring 1,296 compelling A-to-Z entries, the Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art covers the arts and culture of every country in Central and South America and the Caribbean, from the European conquest to the present day. And readers will be delighted with the 84 brilliant color and 396 black-and-white illustrations that enliven and augment the text. Like the award-winning Dictionary of Art, from which the expanded and thoroughly updated entries in this encyclopedia have been drawn, its wealth of biographies range from one of the earliest named craftsmen from the 17th-century, architect and sculptor Juan Tormas Tuyru Tupac Inca, a descendent of the Inca nobility, to the youngest artist profiled, Jac Lierner. Plus, since it was felt that this expanded resource should include artists active today, 25 new biographies of contemporary Latin American artists - such as Debora Arango, Siron Franco, and Ofelia Rodriguez - have been added. Discussions of influential national and international art movements and such issues as the role of the Jesuits in the establishment of Christian artistic traditions, Latin American art in the USA, and women artists in Latin America are presented. Readers will also find country surveys charting the evolution of artistic traditions and the melding of European and native art forms, not only in architecture and the fine arts, but also in interior design, metalwork, textiles, and other decorative arts. Here's just a glance at the entries:
The encyclopedia also provides discussions of art patronage and training in each nation, introductory articles on the arts of indigenous peoples, and maps of every country in the region. A preface, introduction, abbreviations key, notes on how to use the encyclopedia, three appendices, and a detailed index complete this invaluable art resource. Published
in accessible and affordable one-to three volume formats, the revised
encyclopedias in The Grove Library of World Art make
available for the first time some of the most popular areas
of the renowned Dictionary of Art, including: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. was founded in 1878 as the North American reference publishing division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, with headquarters in New York. In addition to the acclaimed Grove Dictionary of Art, (published in 1996) and Grove Dictionary of Art Online (launched in November 1998) Grove is known for two other flagship products, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, slated to go online in 2000, and The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, available online now in preliminary form. |
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