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Highly praised by art-savvy media such as the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Time magazine, the monumental Grove Dictionary of Art has become the world's premier must-have art-reference collection. Now, thanks to The Grove Library of World Art, those who couldn't afford the treasure-packed 34-volume Dictionary of Art can slide onto their library shelf the new and updated slice of its content that fits their interest area most. Boasting the award-winning Dictionary of Art's publisher and award-winning editorial team, The Grove Library of World Art is an exciting new series of encyclopedias that perfectly fills the need for affordable, comprehensive, and authoritative ready-reference encyclopedias on the most sought-after subject areas in world art. Packed with a wealth of color-illustrations not found in the The Dictionary of Art, the series' first three titles are: Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914, Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art, and Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist Art. In addition to each encyclopedia's new infusion of color, the series combines new material with updated articles drawn from The Dictionary of Art on the people, places, and movements that have shaped important periods in the fine and decorative arts. Here's a quick glance at why these new compact, printed volumes offer researchers much more than what's available in The Dictionary of Art : • New articles - Specially commissioned for the series, new articles have been added and whole new areas have been reevaluated, presenting the most timely information available! • Updated coverage - Instead of just pulling the articles unchanged from The Dictionary of Art, each article was sent back to the original contributor for review, changes, additions and corrections. • New bibliographies - Grove's staff of bibliographers reviewed the bibliographies for every article - as did the contributors - resulting in hundreds of updated and new bibliographical references. • Fully indexed - Each volume in the series is fully indexed with the same care used to create the award-winning index in The Dictionary of Art. • Lavishly illustrated - Thanks to the around-500 illustrations in each volume - with 100 or more in full color! - every title features hundreds of new images and illustrations not found in The Dictionary of Art. • Country articles - Providing a broad context, country articles are included, while articles on cities and towns sharpen the focus with material on archaeological sites, monuments, and buildings. • Decorative arts - In addition to decorative arts, articles are included on painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as furniture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, jewelry, textiles, and more. Another significant new feature offered in The Grove Library of World Art is the marvelous way the color illustrations are arranged in sequential order, thus revealing a full-color pictorial history, or time-line of the development of art in each of the periods covered. Designed
to be an ongoing series, The Grove Library of World Art will
release three new encyclopedias each year - in convenient one, two,
and three volume formats - drawn from some of the most popular areas
of the renowned Dictionary of Art, including: More detailed information on this outstanding new series' first three titles follows: • Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914 - This volume demonstrates the vitality of the arts in the emerging American nation as it covers the colonial period to the pivotal 1913 Armory Show and the outbreak of the First World War. Readers will discover fascinating biographies on such important artists as John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, Thomas Cole, and Paul Revere; in-depth surveys of fine and decorative art forms in America during this period; and entries on painters, sculptors, architects, printmakers, designers, patrons, collectors, and writers, as well as styles, building types, and cities. 800 of its 835 articles have been completely updated and revised! Many of its 35 new biographies examine late 19th and early 20th century California artists who have frequently been overlooked in previous works, such as Mary Curtis Richardson and Franz Bischoff. These new articles were developed by a team of scholars working under the direction of Dr. Paul J. Karlstrom, Regional Director of the Archives of American Art in San Marino, California. 500 compelling illustrations - 100 in full color - accompany the meticulously cross-referenced articles. This is many more than those presented on this subject in The Dictionary of Art. The Encyclopedia of American Art since 1914 is due out in two years. A separate volume devoted to the works of Native North American Art is also in the works. • Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art - All the major artistic developments in Central and South America and the Caribbean, from the colonial period to the present are covered in this volume's nearly 1,400 articles. Together the entries chart the adaptations of European artistic traditions and the evolution of individual national cultures, from 16th-century Spanish colonial architects such as Fray Andres San Miguel and European explorers such as Alexander von Humboldt to such contemporary artists as Debora Arango. Beyond its wealth of important biographies, it provides in-depth surveys of every country in the region, covering not only the fine arts, but also each nation's traditions in ceramics, metalworkings, textiles, furniture, and other decorative arts. Readers can explore the influence of African slaves on the art of the Caribbean in articles such as "African Diaspora" and "Carnival" while "Latin American Artists of the USA" covers the impact of these artists on contemporary North America. In addition, there are articles on cities, important art organizations such as the Taller de Grafica Popular, artistic styles and movements, as well as on such art forms as Retables. This volume's 25 new articles focus on contemporary Latin American artists, including Latino artists living in the U.S.A. Plus, the research of some pre-eminent scholars of Latin American art is presented here for the first time in English! Not to mention how its 540 illustrations - 90 in full color - far exceed those on this subject in The Dictionary of Art. • Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist Art - Readers can examine the world's most influential period in art in this two volumes set's 1,775 articles. Covering all the major artistic developments in Italy from c. 1300 to c. 1600, it features compelling biographical entries on some of the greatest artists of all time including Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci - as well as scores of other painters, sculptors, illuminators, architects, printmakers, patrons and collectors, and historical figures whose contributions mark this as one of the most dazzlingly innovative eras in all of art history. Entries trace the breathtaking evolution of artistic expression from scientific naturalism and the development of linear perspective to the exploration of new secular themes derived from Classical literature and mythology - beginning with transitional Late Gothic artists such as Giotto. All three phases of the Renaissance are covered from early and high to late or Mannerist. Additional articles on styles, major Italian cities (Siena, Florence, Perugia, Venice) and an in-depth survey article on Renaissance Italian art forms complete this important and comprehensive work. Readers are sure to be mesmerized by its astounding 1,000 illustrations, of which 200 are in full color! More good news. Those who seek extra savings on The Grove Library of World Art can take advantage of its special pre-pub pricing and a standing order plan. Grove's Dictionaries Inc. was founded in 1878 as the North American dictionary 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 May 1999) Grove is known for two other flagship products, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, slated to go online in 2001, and The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, available online now in preliminary form. |
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