The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms,

by Michael Clarke

From Baroque to Postmodernism, batik to mezzotint, and canvas to porcelain, this new dictionary provides succinct and accessible explanations of over 1,650 terms used in the wide variety of visual media that makes up the art world. · Features extensive coverage of periods and styles throughout
art history · Includes many materials, techniques, technical and foreign terms · Explains philosophical terms and methodologies

Genres: Art, School, Reference

272 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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