Art Books. Britannica Australia art encyclopedia book set

Britannica Encyclopedia of Art and Artists

Exciting New Release

More than 2,240 art illustrations in 9 beautiful volumes.

Britannica's Encyclopedia of Art and Artists is a completely revised and updated version of one of the most comprehensive encyclopedias on art history and world art you'll find.

As an authoritative reference work, this Encyclopedia covers all aspects of visual art from its earliest beginnings. You'll discover more about art history, the glories of the Renaissance and the many new contemporary art forms practiced today, along with insightful biographies on world famous artists.


	It's fascinating to explore art history and world art

	The encyclopedia set is beautifully illustrated in full colour and is designed to answer the needs of students, artists, art lovers, as well as those who simply like looking at beautiful things. Consisting of 9 volumes each 196 pages long, the Encyclopedia of Visual Art covers the entire history of art chronologically in the first five volumes. In Volumes 6-9, you'll see an alphabetically arranged, biographical dictionary of artists.

	New and updated biographies include key world art figures

	George Baselitx, Louis Bourgeois, Lucian Freud, Gilbert and George , Leon Golub, Eva Hesse. Frida Kahlo, Anselm Kiefer, Alice Neel, Richard Serra, George Segal, Cy Twombly, Norman Foster, Laurie Anderson, Chan Ta-ch'ien (plus new illustration), Chuck Close (plus new illustration), Frank Gehry, Li K'o-jan, Maya Lin Richard Meier, Nam June Park and Gerhard Richter .

	Nine concise world art and art history volumes

	Volume 1 Paleolithic Art-Etruscan Art Volume 2 Roman Art-Early Christian Art Volume 3 Byzantine Art-Ottonian Art Volume 4 Romanesque Art-Romanticism Volume 5 Realism-South African Art Volume 6 Alvar Aalto-Paul Ruel Volume 7 Albrecht Durer-Jan Lievensz Volume 8 Limburg Brothers-Francisco Ribalta Volume 9 Jusepe Ribera-Francisco de Zurbarn Glossary and Index

	Product details

	9 Volumes, 196 pages each More than 2,240 illustrations 1,770 pages (more than 1 million words) Trim size: 280 x 215mm (8.5 x 11 inches) Hard Cover

$549 (AUD)

• Ancient Eastern Art
• Ancient Greek
• Abstract
• Art Nouveau
• Asian
• Australian
• Baroque
• Bronze and Iron Age
• Byzantine
• Celtic
• Cubism
• Dada and Surrealism
• European Art
• Expressionism
• Futurism
• Gothic
• Impressionism
• International Art
• Islamic
• Japanese
• Latin America
• Mannerism
• Modern American
• Neo Classicism
• Post Impressionism
• Realism
• Renaissance
• Rococo
• Romantic
• South African Art
• Symbolism
and much more.