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The Dictionary of Art by Jane Turner (Editor)
Call Number: REF 703 D56
ISBN: 1884446000
Publication Date: 2003

The is the go-to encyclopedia for topics and persons in art and architecture. There is an index in the last volume.
The Oxford Dictionary of Art by Ian Chilvers (Editor)
ISBN: 0198604769
Publication Date: 2004
The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms by Michael Clarke
ISBN: 9780199569922
Publication Date: 2010
Graphic Communication Dictionary by Daniel J. Lyons (Editor)
Call Number: REF 686.203 L99
ISBN: 0130122262
Publication Date: 1999-08-01
The GATF Encyclopedia of Graphic Communications by Frank Romano; Richard Romano
Call Number: REF 686.203 G11
ISBN: 0883621908
Publication Date: 1998
Encyclopedia of World Art
Call Number: REF 703 M17
The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture by James Stevens Curl; Susan Wilson
ISBN: 9780199674985
Publication Date: 2015
Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics by George Savage; Harold Newman
Call Number: REF 738.03 Sa9
ISBN: 0442273649
Publication Date: 1974
The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art by Gerald W. R. Ward
Call Number: 702.8 G91 2008
ISBN: 9780195313918
Publication Date: 2008
A Companion to Art Theory by Paul Smith (Editor); Carolyn Wilde (Editor)
ISBN: 9780631207627
Publication Date: 2007

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