A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques
by Mayer, Ralph
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0713610956
- ISBN 13
- 9780713610956
- Seller
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About This Item
London: A & C Black Publishers Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Lge 8vo 0713610956 Dust jacket unclipped, nicked to top of spine, small closed tear to rear. Green cloth boards with bright gilt titling to spine. No ownership marks. Photographs / illustrations.447 pages clean and tight. .This dictionary of art terms and techniques is designed to appeal to anyone interested in the visual arts. The book's coverage includes all forms of easel and mural paintings, drawing, sculpture, the graphic arts, ceramics, mosaics, gilding and enamelling as well as related fields such as conservation and paint technology. Over 3200 definitions are included with materials defined in terms of composition, source, use and characteristic properties and processes and techniques defiend in terms of their practical application and results. Entries on schools, styles and periods is also included. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138033
- Title
- A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques
- Author
- Mayer, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0713610956
- ISBN 13
- 9780713610956
- Publisher
- A & C Black Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
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