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Arts & Activities, Sept, 2002
The Oxford Companion to Western Art from OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS provides answers to common questions about Western art and deeper explorations of important concepts and themes--useful to artists, teachers and students. Edited by art scholar Hugh Brigstocke, former head of the Old Masters Painting Department at Sotheby's in London, The Oxford Companion to Western Art collects more than 2,600 entries written by 100 celebrated art historians and museum curators.
In addition, this massive and far-reaching guide includes 48 full-color plates that showcase the most important works of art from the past four millennia. For more details, visit online at www.oup-usa.org or circle No. 388 on the Reader Service Card.
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