This second edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Art covers topics ranging across painting, sculpture, drawing, and the applied arts, from classical times to the contemporary scene. Over 3,000 entries provide the reader with instant information about styles, techniques, collections, artists, and historians and a there is also a practical reference section comprising a contextual chronology of major works and directory of museums and galleries around the world. Features of the dictionary include: material on 20th-century art including entries on graffiti art, David Hockney, Tamara de Lempicka, Richard Long, Neo-Expressionism, New Realism, the Pompidou Centre, and the Turner Prize; entries accompanied by quotations from artists and critics; and list of classical and biblical themes in painting and sculpture.