Table of Contents

List of contents; Introduction; List of illustrations; List of advisory editors and contributors; Thematic list of entries; List of abbreviations; Note to the Reader; A-Z entries, including 49 feature articles; Index of people; Picture credits

About the Author

Hugh Brigstocke is a Paul Mellon Research Fellow at the British School, in Rome. A former Curator at the National Gallery of Scotland, he was the first Editor in Chief of the Macmillan/Grove Dictionary of Art, and was the head of the Old Master Paintings Department at Sotheby's in London.

Reviews

"Everyone curious about the very survival of erudite information should keep this book in their study-room-office or visit libraries, in order to remember what may have been forgotten. You will be overwhelmed. More than most highly recommended."--Choice "Coverage is selective but balanced....highly recommended."--Booklist"A well-writen and comprehensive volume on Western art....This impressive scholarly work should be standard in academic reference collections."--American Reference Book Annual 2002"Recommended for all collections."--Library Journal