Art Books: A Basic Bibliography of Monographs on Artists, Second Edition / Edition 1

by Wolfgang M. Freitag

Overview

First published in 1997. For this second edition of Art Books: A Basic Bibliography of Monographs on Artists, the vast number of new books published since 1985 was surveyed and evaluated. This has resulted in the selection of 3,395 additional titles. These selections, reflective of the increase in the monographic literature on artists during the last ten years, are evidence of the activities of a larger number of art historians in more countries worldwide, of the increasingly diverse and ambitious exhibition programs of museums whose number has also increased dramatically, and also of a lively international art market and the attendant gallery activities. The selections of the first edition have been reviewed, errors have been corrected and important new editions and reprints have been noted. The second edition contains 278 names of artists not represented in the first edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824033262
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/01/1997
Series:	Art/Architect Ser. , #1264
Edition description:	Subsequent
Pages:	568
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A; Chapter 2 B; Chapter 3 C; Chapter 4 D; Chapter 5 E; Chapter 6 F; Chapter 7 G; Chapter 8 H; Chapter 9 I; Chapter 10 J; Chapter 11 K; Chapter 12 L; Chapter 13 M; Chapter 14 N; Chapter 15 O; Chapter 16 P; Chapter 17 Q; Chapter 18 R; Chapter 19 S; Chapter 20 T; Chapter 21 U; Chapter 22 V; Chapter 23 W; Chapter 24 X; Chapter 25 Y; Chapter 26 Z;

Editorial Reviews

The long-awaited revision of E. Louise Lucas's authoritative Art Books: a basic bibliography on the fine arts is here. While Lucas balanced general versus scholarly requirements, Freitag, chief art librarian at Harvard, has changed this edition's approach to accommodate what he perceives to be a dominant trend in art research. Over half of the original edition detailed works on iconography, history and theory, and artistic medium by geographical location. Freitag substitutes an abbreviated section on international and national reference works and offers a greatly enlarged bibliography on over 1800 major artists. There are some discrepancies in the general reference listing, but the coverage of works on artists from every period of art history is impressive, making this a strong, useful source for academic and professional usage. As a reference tool, this selective bibliography should be used in conjunction with other important art research works, e.g., Etta Arntzen and Robert Rainwater's Guide to the Literature of Art History (ALA, 1980). Libraries should retain Lucas's book for its retrospective value and acquire Freitag's for its soon-to-be-a-classic relevance. Paula A. Baxter, Museum of Modern Art Lib., New York

Library Journal

Expanded to twice as many entries as the 1985 edition, and updated with new publications, new editions of previous entries, titles missed the first time around, more of the artists' own writings, and monographs that deal with significant aspects or portions of an artist's work though not all of it. The listing is alphabetical by artist, and the index by author. The works cited include analytical and critical, biographical, and enumerative; their formats range from books and catalogues raisonn<'e>s to exhibition and auction sale catalogues. A selection of biographical dictionaries containing information on artists is arranged by country. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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