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Booklist Editor's Choice 2007
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2007
Library Journal Best Reference 2007
Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
2 volumes
Gordon Campbell
1528 pages
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400 halftones, 32 color illus.
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254x190mm
978-0-19-530082-6
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Hardback
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26 July 2007
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- Built on the quality scholarship from The Dictionary of Art (1996)
- All of the material has been updated and dozens of new articles and revisions have been added
- Over 400 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, pottery, architecture, and more
- Fascinating art historical and cultural information about classical civilisations, art forms, artists, rulers, philosophers, architecture, renowned works of art, archaeological sites, and stylistic developments
- Fully updated bibliography and extensive cross-references in easy-to-use A-Z format
- Accessible to a wide audience—general readers, high school students, university students, collectors, curators, and scholars
- Also available online from the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf or through Oxford Reference Online offering flexible search and browse functionality and multi-user access
Covering all aspects of classical art from the Etruscans to the fall of the Roman Empire, The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art & Architecture is a comprehensive reference source on this important field of study. Drawing on the expansive scholarship of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols) and Grove Art Online, and adding dozens of new entries, the Encyclopedia includes all subject areas in the classical arts, including philosophers, rulers, writers and artists, architecture, ceramics, sculpture, and more.
Arranged
alphabetically, this two-volume set contains over 800 entries tracing the development of the art forms in classical civilizations such as ancient Greece and Rome. Illustrated with 400 halftones, maps and line drawings, and 32 color plates, the Encyclopedia is a reliable and convenient resource covering this field of everlasting significance in the development of western culture.Readership: Essential for the general reader, collector, curator, or scholar interested in the arts
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Gordon Campbell, Professor of Renaissance Studies, University of Leicester Gordon Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Literature at the University of Leicester. He was the founding editor of Renaissance Studies and is now the general editor of Review of English Studies. He has served as chairman of the Society for Renaissance Studies and President of the English Association, of which he is a director. He has been awarded a D. Litt by the University of York and an honorary doctorate by the University of Bucharest; he is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a corresponding fellow of South African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and a member of the advisory board of the Sociedad
Espanola de Estudios Renacentistas Ingleses.
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"Intellectually impressive and visually informative, this noteworthy and authoritative encyclopedia is...strongly recommended" - Library Journal
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