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Lucie-Smith, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Lucie-Smith, Edward, 1933–, British poet and art critic, b. Jamaica, grad. Oxford, 1954. He has lived in London since 1951, where he worked as an advertising copywriter (1956–66) and…

Venturi, Adolfo

(Encyclopedia) Venturi, AdolfoVenturi, Adolfoädôlˈfō vānt&oomacr;rˈē [key], 1856–1941, Italian art historian. Director of Galleries and Museums in Italy, Venturi completed his exhaustive history…

Schapiro, Meyer

(Encyclopedia) Schapiro, MeyerSchapiro, Meyershəpĭrˈō [key], 1904–96, American art historian, b. Siauliai, Lithuania. Schapiro came to the United States in 1907 and later attended Columbia Univ.,…

Focillon, Henri

(Encyclopedia) Focillon, HenriFocillon, HenriäNrēˈ fôsēyôNˈ [key], 1881–1943, French art historian. Focillon, who was professor of art history at the Collège de France, was an authority on medieval…

museums of art

(Encyclopedia) museums of art, institutions or buildings where works of art are kept for display or safekeeping. The word museum derives from the Greek mouseion, meaning temple to the works of the…

Dubuffet, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Dubuffet, JeanDubuffet, JeanzhäN dübüfāˈ [key], 1901–85, French painter and sculptor. Rejecting academic art training, Dubuffet divided his time during the 1920s and 30s between art…

Taylor, Francis Henry

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Francis Henry, 1903–57, American museum director, b. Philadelphia, studied throughout Europe. He began his museum career as assistant curator (1927–28) and then curator of…

Read, Sir Herbert

(Encyclopedia) Read, Sir Herbert, 1893–1968, English poet and critic. His studies at the Univ. of Leeds were interrupted by World War I, in which he served with a Yorkshire regiment. After the war he…

Morey, Charles Rufus

(Encyclopedia) Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877–1955, American art historian, b. Hastings, Mich. Morey was considered one of the foremost medievalists of his time. His principal works include Early…

Christian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia) Christian art and architecture: see especially the survey articles on Early Christian art and architecture, Byzantine art and architecture, Coptic art, Merovingian art and architecture…