Thesaurus of the arts : drama, music, radio, painting, screen, television, literature, sculpture, architecture, ballet
"This book serves a two-fold purpose: it is an inexhaustible source of condensed information on important personalities, terms, and subjects connected with music, drama, romantic literature, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, mythology, ballet, radio, television, and motion picture: it is a volume which can be read continuously with genuine pleasure. It is, indeed, a liberal education in the arts. Its 8,500 references embrace biographies of great artists of all times--writers, painters, architects, dancers, virtuosos, and many more. Here, too, are the special terms applied to the various arts--terms like arpeggio, surrealism, or peristyle. The other large category of references refers to the artistic monuments themselves--from the Pyramids to the Mona Lisa to Porgy and Bess. References average eighty-four words in length and span 6,000 years in the history of all peoples and nations. The author has exercised a highly satisfying catholicity in his selections, with the result that the scope of this volume is extremely wide. It includes all subjects likely to be encountered in reading, conversation, or listening to the radio. It is at once an ideal source of information for the artist, the editor, or average reader"--Dust jacket
Print Book, English, [1943]
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, [1943]