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Art and Art History

Print Dictionaries - Available at CSM Library

The Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art by Carr-Gomm, Sarah
Call Number: REF/N7740.C29 1995
Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists by Gowing, Sir Lawrence
Call Number: REF/N40.B535 2005 v.1-4
The Decolonized Eye: Filipino American Art and Performance by Sarita Echavez See
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780816653188
Publication Date: 2009
The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists by Langmuir, Erika and Lynton, Norbert
Call Number: REF/N33.L353 2000
From Abacus to Zeus : A Handbook of Art History by Pierce, James Smith
Call Number: REF/N33.P5 2001
The Queer encyclopedia of the visual arts by Summers, Claude J.
Call Number: REF/N72.H64 Q44 2004
Encyclopedia of Acrylic Techniques by Hazel Harrison; Search Press Staff
Call Number: ND1535.H372 2009
ISBN: 9780855329617

Online Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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