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19th century abstract abstract art Abstract Expressionism active mainly altarpiece American painter Amsterdam Antwerp architect architecture artists bapt Bauhaus became began best known British painter bronze Camden Town Group Caravaggio career church classical collection colour contemporary Cubism death decorative designer draughtsman drawings early England English engraver etchings example exhibition famous Fauvism figures Florence forms France Francesco French painter fresco German Giovanni Haarlem history painting illustrations Impressionist influence Italian painter Italy John landscape later leading lived London Louvre Mannerist Master Michelangelo modern moved Museum Neo-Expressionism Netherlandish notably numerous painter painting Paris particularly period Pop art popular portraitist portraits printmaker prints produced pupil religious Renaissance reputation Rome scenes School sculp sculptor Sept settled sometimes spent still-lifes studied style subjects survive Tate technique term tion tradition Vasari Venice visited watercolour William World writer York
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| Title | The Oxford dictionary of art |
| Editors | Ian Chilvers, Harold Osborne |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0198604769, 9780198604761 |
| Length | 548 pages |
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