"International and historical in scope, this reference includes nearly 1,500 entries and is divided into three volumes: Volume 1: Plays focuses on 600 of the world's most significant plays, with an authoritative essay on each play and more ..."
"Insightful and interesting, the International Dictionary of Ballet brings your patrons closer to the dancers and ballets that have fascinated audiences from the Renaissance to the present. Offering an historical perspective, the Dictionary contains an ambitious 750 entries, 550 striking illustrations and photographs, essays by distinguished contributors and information on Russian ballet -- details previously unavailable in the West. In- ..."
"Family: Married 1) actress Viveca Lindfors, 1948 (divorced 1953), one son; 2)
actress Doe Avedon, 1957 (divorced), four children; 3) Carol Rydall. Career:
Actor with the Contemporary Theater, Los Angeles, 1930; joined Warner Bros. as
film librarian, 1934, later assistant editor, then joined insert department; set up
montage department at Warners, 1939; 2nd unit director for Michael Curtiz, Raoul
Walsh, and others, 1940-45; directed ..."
"Named one of the Best Books of the '80s by Booklist, the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers focuses on the most-often-studied artists and works, with critical essays accompanying each entry."
"An essential reference as well as an enjoyable and enlightening read or browse, this fifth and final volume of St. James' fine "Contemporary Arts" series features entries on 450 of the most culturally significant works of art, architecture, photography, and design of the 20th century, with the main (but not exclusive) focus on work produced since 1945. Each entry comprises: photos illustrating the featured work; catalogue-data entry on ..."
"International and historical in scope, this reference includes nearly 1,500 entries andis divided into three volumes: Volume 1: Plays focuses on 600 of the ..."
"From ancient Greece to Frank Lloyd Wright, studiola to smoking rooms, chimney boards to cocktail cabinets, and papier-mâché to tubular steel, the Encyclopedia of Interior Design provides a history of interior decoration and design from ancient times to the present day. It includes more than 500 illustrated entries covering a variety of subjects ranging from the work of the foremost designers, to the origins and function of principal ro ..."
"This is even truer of the psalter, the great devotional book of the Middle Ages. ...
The books produced by women's communities prove to be not only closely bound
to their religious life, but illuminated in ways that cast a unique light upon that life.
... Only in tapestry, however, have these media yielded evidence of women as
creators of art on a monumental scale. ... It also reinforces insights offered by
other media: Lillich's e ..."