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- Includes over 200,000 articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as over 19,000 images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures
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Daoji
Chinese painter and calligrapher Daoji [Shitao] possessed unique skill in depicting topography, drawing the veins of rocks in contour lines and layering brushstrokes into steep terrain. In his writings, Daoji advocated that the painter should assert selfhood and avoid thoughtless imitation.
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Norman Rockwell
Known for his iconic magazine covers, Norman Rockwell, had a meticulous, iterative method of working, developing paintings through a series of sketches, models, photographs, and drawings.
In this update, Grove Art publishes 92 emendations and updates to article structure and links.
Explore the full list of what has been recently published and revised on Oxford Art Online.
Letter from the Editor
Read a letter from the Editor in Chief of the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Dr. Valerie Cassel Oliver, discussing her editorial approach and the work underway to expand Benezit’s coverage of emerging artists, varied media, and artists of diverse social and cultural backgrounds.
Grove Guide to the Art Market
Explore the new Grove Art subject guide on the art market, which brings together articles related to finance, art law, provenance, cultural heritage, collecting, connoisseurship, galleries, auction houses, and dealers.
Collection Guides
Join Benezit on a tour of unique art collections around the world! Written by experts and curators, our Collection Guides present the history and highlights of museums and galleries. Follow links to related texts in Oxford Art Online and around the web to learn more about the artists in these outstanding collections.
Latin American Art
Grove Art continues a major initiative to revise and expand Grove’s content on Latin American art and architecture. Led by Tom Cummins at Harvard University, this project includes scholarship on topics from the Pre-Columbian period to present day.
