The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms, 2nd Edition

by Michael Clarke

With more than 1,700 entries, The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms is an accessible and comprehensive A-Z guide covering a wide range of terms from the visual art world, including periods, styles, materials, well-known schools, techniques, and much more. In this new edition, the text has been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, and has been expanded with more than 100 new entries, focusing primarily on modern and contemporary art materials and techniques. The Dictionary has been further enhanced with the addition of over 100 web links to selected entries, which are accessed and kept up to date via a companion website. These links add another dimension to the print book by allowing the reader to see illustrations of various materials and techniques, while providing easy access to important collections that are freely available online. From "abstract art" to "woodcuts," and "The Baroque Revival" to "ziggurats," this highly browsable dictionary is the ideal reference for students of art and all related subjects, for gallery visitors, and anyone else interested in the visual arts.

Genres: Art, School, Reference

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

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Michael Clarke HRSA CBE was Director of the Scottish National Gallery from 2000 to 2016.
After working at York Art Gallery and the British Museum, Clarke was appointed assistant keeper at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, moving to the National Gallery Scotland in 1984. From 1999 to 2005 he directed the Playfair Project which involved the restoration of the Royal Scottish Academy building and the construction of an underground link with the National Gallery. His academic specialism is in French art, curating major exhibitions in Edinburgh and abroad, culminating in 2016 with Inspiring Impressionism: Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh, shown in Edinburgh and at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Taft Museum in Cincinnati. Throughout his career Michael has published extensively – books for the British Museum, and the university presses of Manchester and Oxford, and an impressive range of erudite exhibition and permanent collection catalogues.

source: The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture

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