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The A-Z of Art : The World's Greatest and Most  Popular Artists and Their Works by Nicola Hodge, Libby Anson is a 400 page hardcover .A Colorful book on art.  Very educational for both the expert and the novice. review by amazon.com Click on link to purchase this book.

American Artists : Signatures and Monograms,
1800-1989 by John Castagno, Ann Horton (Designer), George J. Turak (Designer).  This signature book offers references to biographical, bibliographical, and pictorial sources of information and cataloged auction citings from over twenty major galleries in the US and Canada. It lists some 1,000 artists overlooked by the American art annuals; and includes many important 19th-century artists and notable late 20th-century artists
omitted in other indexed directories. Includes a sizable listing of prominent Canadian and Latin American artists (600 in all). In addition to familiarizing the user's eye to the way or ways an artist signs his/her work, this volume offers 900 listings of monograms, pseudonyms, symbols, etc. which would ordinarily be unidentifiable without the use of the book.Review by Booknews, Inc. review by amazon.com Click on link to purchase this book.

Examining its roots in the art of the 1930s and 1940s, this study
contends that Abstract Expressionism emerged as a public art actively engaged in the social, economic, and political crises of the l930s, and, more significantly, the experience of World War II. Book Description. review by amazon.com Click on picture to purchase this book.

Art and Civilization by Edward Lucie-Smith This historical survey of Western art from Paleolithic times to the present also treats literature and music, but the emphasis is on the visual arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Written by a noted and prolific expert on art, the work is aimed at the general reader
seeking a background in Western art. In many libraries it will receive heavier use in the circulating collection than by reference librarians seeking specific bits of information. review by amazon.com Click on picture to purchase this book.

Art: A World History by Arte Storia Universale. English, Georgio Taboreli.  Like a visit to a single museum that happens to house all the major works from all the major movements in art, architecture, and visual and decorative arts, this hefty tome lives up to its title. From pre-history to present day, cave paintings to computer art, it delivers on its promise to bring together "art from every age and from every corner of the
world." In 720 pages and more than 2,200 color illustrations, this includes, in addition to the traditional disciplines, fashion, advertisement, performance art and theater, and computer-generated virtual art. Readers can research, peruse, study, or simply flip through the history of art, arranged geographically and chronologically and placed in social and historical context. Call-out boxes focus on particularly important features of the period, culture, or environment under examination, and summary timelines highlight whole chapters in a few pages and break up running text on each page. This makes for busy pages, chock-full of textual and visual information. review by amazon.com Click on picture to purchase this book.

In this book you will find the answers to questions about 100 different artists who played a significant role in the development of painting, sculpture and photography. Read the capsule biographies to learn how each artist discovered his or her own innovative style and the struggles they faced in their personal and professional lives. 100 Artists Who Shaped World History is organized chronologically and provides the reader with the essential facts and information in a concise and entertaining fashion. review by amazon.com Click on picture to purchase this book.