"An instantly accessible compendium of the salient facts and dates of the lives of artists and of brief definitions of unfamiliar styles and movements encountered in reading or gallery visiting."   —The Times Literary Supplement

International and up-to-date, this extensively illustrated and copiously cross-referenced dictionary covers over 2500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements, including essential information on contemporary art and artists, not available elsewhere, and on techniques, materials, terms, and writers who have influenced artists. This indispensable source book has now been extensively revised, supplemented and updated with over 200 new entries.

ISBN 0-500-20274-5 · 426 illustrations