A Guide to Art: A Handy Reference to Artists, Their Works, and Artistic Movements from the Fourteenth Century to the Present Day

Sproccati, Sandro

ISBN 10: 0810933667 / ISBN 13: 9780810933668

Published by Harry N Abrams Inc, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1992

About this Item

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light bumps and shelf wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Art: A Handy Reference to Artists, Their Works, and Artistic Movements from the Fourteenth Century to the Present Day
• Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810933667
• ISBN 13: 9780810933668
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Edition Not Stated
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

A reference guide to artists and artistic movements from the Renaissance to the present includes reproductions of important works and a section on the world's most important museums and their holdings

Reviews

This book offers ten-page summaries on periods, styles, and movements that have animated Western art since Giotto. The text is not bad but is super-summary in nature, with 600 inferior-to-worse teenie-weenie illustrations, some comparative timelines, potted 50-word biographies, an omissive list of 26 great museums, and an absurd two-page glossary. Although it has been well translated from the Italian original, this is still not a satisfactory purchase for libraries; use H.W. Janson's History of Art or other similar survey for better pictures and fuller text and context.
- Jack Perry Brown, Art Inst. of Chicago Lib.
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