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Grove Dictionary of Art
| Indexing |
Yes |
Updated |
Quarterly and annually |
| Full Text |
Yes |
Interface |
Oxford University Press |
| Coverage |
Entire 1996 edition |
Vendor |
Oxford University Press |
Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of
The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996,
34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art,
edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001). Grove Art Online includes
over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed
in the text of articles and extensive image links. In addition,
With well over 6,000 contributors from 12 countries, Grove
Art is a resource for both art and cultural studies and offers
authoritative and comprehensive global coverage.
Grove Art serves as a unique guide to all the visual arts:
painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, printmaking,
as well as the decorative arts. The Dictionary of Art ranges
far both geographically and historically; it features unparalleled
coverage of Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Mongolia,
China, India, the Islamic world, Japan, Korea, Native North
America, Pacific and Aboriginal Australia, Pre-Columbian America,
Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Ancient Near East, and
Ancient Rome. Providing depth as well as breadth, The Dictionary
of Art examines important art forms and key issues of design,
taste, function, and patronage, illuminating them in light
of the cultural context in which they developed.
Features of Grove Art Online:
* 45,000 articles
* Worldwide coverage--from Oceania to North America to Japan and Africa
* Over 3,000 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles
* 41,000 articles on visual art from the prehistoric times to the present
* 21,000+ biographies of artists, patrons, collectors, writers, critics, and others
* 15,350 illustrations throughout the text
* Links to searchable image databases and editorially selected
links to over 40,000 art images on museum and gallery web sites around the world
* Access cross-references in the text with a click of the mouse
* Articles that have been added or updated since their appearance
in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen.
More about the Grove Dictionary of Art from
Oxford University Press.
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