First authoritative English-language reference work expressly dedicated to early Christian art and archaeology. Coverage includes architecture, epigraphy, mosaics, and textiles. Has maps, illustrations, and glossary.

Surveys the full breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society--from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory. Featuring 600 original articles by distinguished scholars from many fields and countries, it is a comprehensive survey of majorconcepts, thinkers, and debates about the meaning, uses, and value of all the arts--from painting and sculpture to literature, music, theater, dance, television, film, and popular culture.

Beginning with transitional Late Gothic artists such as Giotto, this two-volume set traces the evolution of the new modes of artistic expression, from scientific naturalism and the development of linear perspective to the exploration of new secular themes derived from Classical literature and mythology. Besides biographies on all types of artists -- including painters, illuminators, sculptors, and architects to printmakers and maiolica designers, patrons, and collectors -- the set also has entries on styles, important art forms, and cities as well in-depth surveys of all the fine and decorative art forms in Italy during the Renaissance and Mannerist periods.

Comprehensive treatment of fines arts throughout history and across geographical regions. Includes biographical information, indexes, and references to supplementary reading. Has numerous plates.

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.

Includes more than 600 illustrations and dozens of color photographs, with extensive cross-references and an up-to-date bibliography.

Comprehensive reference work with over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spanning over a thousand years of history. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world.

Comprehensive, up-to-date information on all aspects of this fundamental area of the visual arts. In a convenient one-volume format, this encyclopedia provides fascinating historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.

Deals with all aspects of Northern Renaissance art ranging from artists, architecture, and patrons to the cities and centers of production vital to the flourishing of art in this period. Has more than 500 illustrations, maps, drawings, diagrams, and color plates. Nearly 1,700 entries on all aspects of Renaissance art across Northern Europe, including dozens of new entries and revised articles well as a fully updated bibliography. Features art historical and cultural information about Northern Renaissance artists, artisans, architects, craftsmen, philosophers, rulers, countries, cities, centers of production, painting, sculpture, jewelry, theory, criticism, historiography, collecting, and patronage.

Covers the cultural history of biblical texts, themes, characters, images, and the Bible itself in the literary, visual, and musical arts. 148 entries are organized primarily according to specific literary, visual, and musical artists, types of works, and periods. Includes bibliographies and suggested readings.

A supplement to the 1980 title of the same name, this reference contains bibliographic information for a selection of titles in art history. The entries include annotation, which is often taken from the preface or introduction of the book described, along with an additional brief description by the authors and a list of the table of contents. Sections are included on bibliography, directories, sales records, visual resources, dictionaries and encyclopedias, iconography, sources and documents, histories and handbooks, and architecture. There are also sections for each artistic media.

Comprehensive overview of arts-based research in terms of epistemological, historical, methodological, and thematic categories.

With over 6,000 contributors from 12 countries, this work provides authoritative and comprehensive global coverage of both art and cultural studies, and is a unique guide to all the visual arts, including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, printmaking, as well as the decorative arts. Features unparalleled coverage of Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Mongolia, China, India, the Islamic world, Japan, Korea, Native North America, Pacific and Aboriginal Australia, Pre-Columbian America, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Ancient Near East, and Ancient Rome. Also examines important art forms and key issues of design, taste, function, and patronage. Included in Grove Art Online.

Geographically arranged, this 3-volume work contains 982 entries on the linguistic geography of ancient Italy, each supplemented with extensive illustrations and substantial introductions along with an appendix of Italic names occurring in Greek texts. Has detailed concordances and full epigraphic indexes.

Comprehensive study of the iconographic representations of ancient myths and legends from Classical Mythology. Articles in English, French, German, or Italian.

Comprehensive multi-volume reference set on all known aspects of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman cults and rituals. from the period from Homeric times (1000 B.C.) to late Roman times (A.D. 400). Includes the dynamic elements of cult: divination; prayer, gestures, and acts of prayer; gestures and acts of veneration; oaths; maledictions; profanation; magic; and consecration and foundation rites. Also describes the static elements of cult—cult places and their depictions in antiquity and the personnel of cults. Entries list the epigraphical and literary sources cited and reference ancient iconographical documents related to the topic.

Indexes articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Subjects include: Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles, and Video. Note: these indexes are available in circulating collection. Check catalog record for specific locations and date ranges.

Includes almost 800 full-color images along with roughly 350 essays that examine a given symbol's psychic background and how it evokes psychic processes and dynamics. Etymological roots, the play of opposites, paradox and shadow, the ways in which diverse cultures have engaged a symbolic image—all these aspects are treated in a variety of cultural contexts.

Thematic dictionary of symbolic images, or symbols, defined as "something that a particular culture considers to mean something else." Each entry features a blue line drawing of the symbol in a generalized pictographic style, with global coverage.

Examines the symbolism of everyday objects among various ancient, classical, eastern, and western civilizations. Divided into six broad subject categories, including abstract signs, animals, artifacts, earth and sky, human body and dress, and plants. Another section focuses on collective symbols that have multiple attributes and meanings. Entries tie specific symbols to various beliefs and social customs or religious worship.

Shows the wide range of literary themes and artistic styles used to convey beliefs and conflicts, some harking back to ancient times. Essays demonstrate how the themes of ancient literary tradition are still alive in the literature of graphic novels. eBook also available.

Provides in-depth coverage for over 215 of the most popular and studied graphic novels. These short essays look beyond the "pop culture" aspects of the medium to show the wide range of literary themes and artistic styles that are used to convey beliefs and conflicts that are as old as the stories told in ancient civilization. Entries arranged alphabetically, and begin with full ready reference top matter, including the title or subtitle, the primary author or authors, the illustrators who contributed to the work, the first serial and book publication, the publisher, the number of pages, the ISBN, and the genre and/or subgenre. eBook also available..

Provides both the amateur and the professional with important factual information about almost any painter, sculptor, engraver or draughtsman of all countries and schools, from Antiquity to the present day. Gives not only biographical data, but also a general presentation of an artist's work, as well as a selection of bibliographical references, museum listings, graphics (including artist signatures, monograms and stamps of sale) and auction records. Includes over 170,000 entries, comprising over 20,000 pages in 14 volumes. Older entries have been updated and expanded, over 3,000 entries have been completely rewritten, and over 2,000 new entries have been added.

A comprehensive guide on the theory, application, history, and future of aesthetics in philosophical and artistic contexts.