Nonfiction Book Reviews
Page One of ThreeArt: A World History
DK Publishing, October 1998.Hardcoer, 720 pages.
ISBN: 0789423820.
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
Art: A World History is a beautifully
illustrated guide to the history of art from
prehistoric cave paintings to the numerous
forms of modern art, including computer
graphics. Through beautiful full-color
illustrations and concise descriptive text
the book provides information on numerous
artistic styles and art movements including prehistoric art,
Romanesque, Persian & Islamic art, Neoclassic,
Romanticism, Orientalism, Realism, Impressionism,
Post-impressionism, Expressionism, Avant-garde,
Postmodernism, African arts, sculpture and Modern Art.
Each section combines color illustrations and photographs
with descriptive text by art historians and experts.
Timelines and analysis of individual art pieces can also
be found in each section.
Also included in the book is a comprehensive glossary,
bibliography and a thorough index.
Art: A World History is an excellent, well-designed, and extremely thorough overall reference guide to world art and art history. A must-have for art lovers, art historians and anyone wishing to know more about art's role in our civilization.
DK Illustrated Oxford Dictionary
DK Publishing, September 1998.Hardcover, 1008 pages.
ISBN: 0789435578.
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
The DK Illustrated Oxford Dictionary combines
full-color illustration with a collection of 180,000
word definitions of English words in a beautiful,
gigantic volume.
The color graphics and labeled diagrams
help liven up the dictionary,
making it a fun experience to flip through the pages
to see the pictures
of anteaters, crystals, football gear, toadstools,
woodwind instruments and countless others.
The definitions are concise and
descriptive.
The dictionary also contains a reference section
with information on countries of the world,
astronomy, measurements, taxonomy, geographical
time periods, grammar and style, symbols and
abbreviations.
A valuable and attractive addition to your reference
shelf, the DK Illustrated Oxford Dictionary
is a must-have for anyone with a student in the house, or
who does research on a regular basis.
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