A Guide to Art & Art History: Dictionaries & Quick Facts

Offers brief discussions of people, topics, and symbols important in Christian art. Especially good at drawing parallels between Classical and Biblical iconography and at identifying important biblical passages. Illustrated with a number of black and white plates.

Provides biographical profiles of current artists around the world, giving personal background and information on their work, as well as lists of exhibits and bibliographies of sources for further research.

Offers 600 entries describing the lives and work of artists in a wide variety of media from Europe, America, and Australasia, ranging from the Middle Ages to the present. Each sketch includes bio-critical information, exhibition history, and often a bibliography. There are also lengthy essays on women artists in the Middle Ages, convents, academies of art, training and professionalism, modernism, and feminism.

Contains articles on the history and practice of photography, including significant photographers, technical issues, topics, and theories.

Intended to fill in gaps in cultural knowledge, this work illuminates the symbolism and context of Christian art. Brief articles address figures in Biblical and church history, religious concepts that bear on artistic expression, artifacts, places of significance, relevant events in church history, and so on.