Pronunciation Dictionary of Artists' Names

Pronunciation Dictionary of Artists' Names by Art Institute of Chicago. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780821220252.

From the well-known to the obscure, Hellenistic Greeks to contemporary Americans, this dictionary includes over 4,000 artists names, each with phonetic pronunciation, birth and death dates, nationality and/or school and primary media. An invaluable sourcebook for anyone who wants to know how to pronounce everything from Arp to Zurbaran. Including the pronunciations of over 4,000 artists names, Pronunciation Dictionary of Artists Names will join the already successful Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms in the Bulfinch collection of basic art-reference books. This handy pocket-sized dictionary will help anyone interested in Western art history learn how to pronounce both the complicated and the deceptively "easy" names of artists, which often come from languages difficult for the English-speaking reader to wrap his or her tongue around. This comprehensive volume includes well-known artists from Michelangelo to OKeeffe, and obscure ones, such as Dutch painter Joachim Wtewael; the very, very old - Giottos teacher, Cimabue - and the very, very contemporary, such as AIDS activist/artist David Wojnarowicz. Pronunciation Dictionary of Artists Names was originated by The Art Institute of Chicago in 1934. This edition has been extensively updated and redesigned, with thousands of new names added, and with an eye to fully representing male and female artists from all periods and cultures encompassed by Western art. The phonetic pronunciations of the artists names are accompanied by birth and death dates plus nationality and/or school, and the primary media in which they work(ed).