The Bloomsbury Guide to Art
The Bloomsbury Guide to Art is one of the most up-to-date and comprehensive surveys of the history of art and architecture available today. It is an invaluable reference source and provides a fascinating insight into the origins and significance of the work of Western artists and architects.
It includes tightly-focused entries on: individual artists (eg Salvador Dali); art, architecture and design terminology (eg Gothic); countries and their cultural significance (eg Art in France); theoretical concepts (eg formalism); and mythological and religious subjects and symbols (eg Christ). There are also contextualized entries on important individual works of art (eg The Haywain).

The Bridgeman Art Library Archive
Founded in 1972, the Bridgeman Art Library works with museums, art galleries and artists to make the best art available for reproduction. The result is an outstanding archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world. Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from the masterpieces of national museums to the hidden treasures of private collections. Fine art is just one of the sources of images; design, antiques, maps, architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, anthropological artefacts and many others also feature in the collection.
The Bridgeman Art Library Archive represents a large part of the complete collection, chosen for its suitability for web use. Over 17,000 individual works of art are featured here, cross-referenced and linked using Bridgeman's own categories. For an example, take a look at the Mona Lisa, then use the link to browse other images of women from the 15th and 16th centuries.

The Cambridge Guide to Theatre
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre offers a wealth of information on the history and present practice of theatre in all parts of the world. Written by a team of international experts, it clearly depicts the dynamic interaction of performance traditions from all cultures in present-day theatre. While saluting the history and traditions of 'high' art in the theatre, the Guide also celebrates the importance of 'low' art: the energy and animation that has infused popular theatre and popular entertainment for thousands of years.
• Over 3,500 entries, ranging from cabaret to Chekhov.
• A listing of 'less obvious entries', enhancing access to the Guide.
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture is a wide ranging and authoritative coverage of the whole spectrum of architecture and urban planning in the 20th century, and of leading architects and engineers the world over. It is fully cross-referenced and indexed, with key biographical references for further reading.
It contains:
• Entries by such distinguished authorities as Reyner Banham, Robin Middleton and Joseph Rykwert
• Biographies of the most significant architects
• Surveys of the progress of developments in individual countries
• Overviews of the impact and importance of all the influential movements and schools, from the Bauhaus to New Brutalism and beyond, up to, and including Post-Modernism

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers
This comprehensive guide embraces all modern design's numerous manifestations: graphics, products, interiors, furniture, industrial and architectural design. Guy Julier examines not only the work of important designers worldwide (eg Loewy), but also the many dramatic changes that influenced design and its uses in the 20th century. Thus political and ideological concepts, such as feminism and green design, are defined and explained, as are new technological advances, new materials and techniques and influential movements in modern culture.
• The text incorporates extensive cross referencing, and full bibliographical notes, along with a chronological chart of design highlights since 1900

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms
What exactly is Neo-Expressionism? The difference between appliqué and applique? The part of a city known as the acropolis? Or the painting technique called gouache? In this dictionary, more than 2000 entries embrace the vast vocabulary of painting and sculpture, architecture and photography, the decorative, applied and graphic arts from all periods and throughout the world. Designed for speed of access, the clear-cut and consise definitions make this an indispensable reference work.
Edward Lucie-Smith is the author of many distinguished books on art, including 'Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists', and 'Movements in Art Since 1945' (also in the World of Art series).

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists
International and up-to-date, this copiously cross-referenced dictionary provides information on over 2,500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements, including essential information on contemporary art and artists, not available elsewhere, and on techniques, materials, terms, and writers who have influenced artists. This indispensable source book is now extensively revised, supplemented and updated with 200 new entries, including Installation Art, Frida Kahlo, Rachel Whiteread and Bill Viola.
"Plucky and ambitious...an instantly accessible compendium of the salient facts and dates of the lives of artists and of brief definitions of unfamiliar styles and movements encountered in reading or gallery visiting" - The Times Literary Supplement.

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art
This essential companion is the only book on British Art to cover every period from the Anglo-Saxons to the present day, and every significant medium, from painting, sculpture and printmaking to medieval goldsmiths' work and stained glass.
• Up to date information on hundreds of artists, from Blake to Bacon and Constable to Kauffmann
• In-depth coverage of general topics such as schools, concepts, techniques, institutions, patronage and art criticism
• Comprehensive cross-referencing, full bibliographies, and a gazetteer of collections of British art around the world

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers
This is a comprehensive guide to the international developments in graphic design. From pre-industrial printing presses (eg relief printing) and medieval typography to computer graphics (eg Apple Macintosh) and avant-garde stylistic innovations, a wealth of entries elucidate technical terms and provide up-to-date information about movements (eg Art Worker's Guild), media, advertising, corporate identity, posters, packaging and magazine and book design (eg Vogue) - placing graphic design in the wider context of the history of fine art and illustration.
The personalities, motivations and achievements of all the most important contributors to the field (eg Alphonse Mucha) are fully outlined, including the leading exponents of contemporary graphic design. Extensive cross-references, a full bibliography and a chronological chart outline the relationship between movements, technology and designers.

The Thames & Hudson Encyclopaedia of Impressionism
Here, in a single, concise volume, is all that the art lover and the student will ever want to know about what is undoubtedly the most popular and significant event in the history of painting. Some 300 entries cover not only the lives and careers of the main participants - painters (eg Monet), critics (eg Zola), patrons, dealers and collectors, as well as writers and musicians - but also techniques, prices and localities, while a wealth of information on the cultural, social and political background helps to set Impressionism in context.
In recent years, major exhibitions and publications worldwide have stimulated a fresh reassessment of the movement and brought into question many widely held assumptions. Bernard Denvir's immensely useful book incorporates this new thinking and brings the story of the reception of Impressionism right up to date. It also includes a chronology of events and a gazetteer of the major collections