Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967, Collection of The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh © 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
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Critical Terms for Art History
Essays cover a wide variety of "loaded" terms in the history of art, from sign to meaning, ritual to commodity. Each essay explains and comments on a single term, discussing the issues the term raises and putting the term into practice as an interpretive framework for a specific work of art.
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Bloomsbury Guide to Art
Entries on: individual artists; art, architecture and design terminology; countries and their cultural significance; theoretical concepts; and mythological and religious subjects and symbols.
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Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
Coverage of academic disciplines, critical terms and central figures relating to the vast field of postmodern studies, including contemporary cultural, historical, literary and philosophical issues.
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Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms
Covers painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, the decorative, applied and graphic arts from all periods throughout the world up to the present day: there is a table of the dynasties of Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, China, India and Japan.
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The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists A cross-referenced dictionary with coverage on artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements, including essential information on contemporary art and artists and on techniques, materials, terms, and writers who have influenced artists.
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