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100			_a Ward, Gerald W. R. _946662
245			_aThe Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art _cby Gerald W. R. Ward
260			_aNew York: _bOxford University Press, _c2008.
300			_axv, 828p. _bHP
520			_aThe Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date information on all aspects of this fundamental area of the visual arts. This reference work provides fascinating historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art. For anyone who studies, creates, collects, or deals in works of art, this book is an indispensable resource. Coverage includes materials in art practice (e.g. ink, enamel, digital materials); materials in conservation (e.g. adhesives); classes of artifacts (e.g. wallpaper, mosaic, ceramic); techniques and methods (e.g. book binding, gilding, printing, weaving), terms (e.g. rustication), tools (e.g. easel, laser), theory (e.g. technical examination, conservation controversies), fakes & forgeries, and conservation theorists and practitioners.
650			_aArt materials _946663
650			_aArt—Reference works _946664
650			_aArt techniques _946665
650			_aArtists’ materials _946666
650			_aCultural heritage conservation _946667
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