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July 04, 2009

Grove Art Online Includes Classical Art Enhancements

Oxford University Press has released its most recent update to Grove Art Online, featuring renewed and enhanced coverage of both classical art and materials and techniques in art.

Grove introduces 26 new articles relating to classical art including its collection and display, Roman Spain and a biography of Dioskourides. New content on materials and techniques in art are included as well as enlightened articles on motion picture film and magnetic tape.

The update includes nearly 50 beautiful new images from across the globe depicting the materials and techniques that artists and craftspeople use to create objects.

Current subscribers will be able to access these images via search and browse after signing in on the Oxford Art Online sign-in page. Here are a few highlights:

  • Autograph Quilt
  • Chimú tunic
  • Mukudj mask of the Punu people
  • Tapestry-woven (kesi) rank badge showing a lion
  • Olmec jadeite celt with incised profile of a deity
  • Limoges portrait by Léonard Limosin showing Henri II
  • Ming-period gourd vase
  • Bamboo brushpot by Gu Jue showing a landscape genre scene

Grove also is introducing the first half of the content created in collaboration with New York's Fashion Institute of Technology to include Fashion in Grove Art Online. This month you'll see biographies of designers such as Lucien Lelong, Lucile, Rudi Gernreich and Rei Kawakubo, with more than 75 stunning accompanying images including a Madame Grès Turandot evening dress—a classic design by Givenchy—and a Robert Piguet design drawing.

For more information, contact BCR's Chris Cook (ccook@bcr.org) or visit the BCR website.


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