The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (New edition)

This new edition of The Thames & Hudson's Dictionary of Art Terms comes almost 20 years after the first. This is a dictionary of art terms, dealing with the vocabulary of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture and the decorative, applied and graphic arts. So, whilst art movements such as Dada, Constructivism, and Funk Art, are defined, there is no discussion of individual artists, and readers wanting this sort of information should look elsewhere. Indeed, this work does not aim to provide information on a large scale at all. Rather, the dictionary sees itself as a supplementary text, a support tool aiming...