he 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 XV being the Index for the fiteen volume set.
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