Encylcopedia of World Art, Volume VIII

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Encylcopedia of World Art, Volume VIII

Entry/Object ID

L1965.1.70H

Description

The Encyclopedia of World Art is a fifteen volume set is intended, as stated in the preface "to encoumpass our present knowledge of the arts within a single work that is factually complete within the limits of possibility, sensitive to the nuances of recent critical thought, unified in the organization of its vast and varied subject matter, reliable in scholarship by reason of the collaboration of specialists in each area, clearly addressed to its audience without requiring previous specialized preparation, and attractive and serviceable in the wealth and technical excellence of its illustrations." The volumes are labeled alphabetically with volume VIII covering the area of "Indo-Iranian Art toLandscape Architecture". The first half of the book is text (1103 pages) while the last half consists of 450 plates which complement the text and are cross-referenced in the contents of each volume. 1553/Hardbound/Illustrations/Maps/Photographs

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Art, Artists

Search Terms

Indonesia, Interior Decoration and Design, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Ivory and Bone Carving, Japan, Jewish Art, Jordan, Kashmir Art, Lacquer, Landscape Architecture, Encyclopedia

Book Details

Author

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1663

Call No.

ArchArt McG

LCCN

59-13433

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent