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The Praeger picture encyclopedia of art : a comprehensive survey of painting, sculpture, architecture and crafts, their methods, styles and technical terms, from the earliest times to the present day.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, German Series: Books that matterPublication details: New York : F.A. Praeger, [1958]Description: 584 pages, [192] colored plates : 416 illustrations ; 30 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Praeger picture encyclopedia of art.; Online version:: Praeger picture encyclopedia of art.DDC classification:
  • 703
LOC classification:
  • N5300 .P773
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Partial contents:
Art: its nature, forms and history -- The art of antiquity -- Medieval art -- Renaissance and mannerism -- Baroque and Rococo -- From Neo-Classicism to the impressionists -- Art in the Modern Age -- Art outside Europe -- Islamic art -- Indian art -- The arts of the Far East -- The ancient civilisations of America.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
ADULT REFERENCE ADULT REFERENCE Chamberlin Free Public Library Reference R 703 PRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) N33 .P68 1 Available 34517000344153

"Prepared ... with the assistance of James Cleugh [and others] under the supervision of Olive Cook and the editorial staff of Thames and Hudson, London ... Original German edition ... published by Georg Westermann Verlag, Brunswick, with contributions by Dr. Bert Bilzer ... Dr. J�urgen Eyssen ... and Dr. Otto Stelzer"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

Art: its nature, forms and history -- The art of antiquity -- Medieval art -- Renaissance and mannerism -- Baroque and Rococo -- From Neo-Classicism to the impressionists -- Art in the Modern Age -- Art outside Europe -- Islamic art -- Indian art -- The arts of the Far East -- The ancient civilisations of America.

Also issued online.

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