Fully revised for its seventh edition, this text provides a detailed reference on the arts and artists. It includes entries on all the major artists of the last seven centuries and includes over 1200 incisive biographies of them. Descriptions of artistic techniques and styles, expositions of the best-known groups or schools of artists, and evaluations of the artists and their locations are also presented.
Author Biography
Peter and Linda Murray married in 1947, having both attended the Courtauld Institute. They have written extensively in this field, both together and separately. Many of their titles are available in Penguin. Peter Murray died in 1992 but his legacy remains in reprints, reissues and translations around the globe.
