Dictionary of Art Goes On-line

The Dictionary of Art, published sum of two units years ago by Grove Dictionaries as a 34-volume put has gone virtual. The original print behemoth contains above 41,000 entries written by 6800 scholars from around the world. Ranging from the prehistorical era to the 1990 the dictionary includes 750 illustrations, biographies, explanations of dictions theories and techniques, and overspreads painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, architecture, decorative arts, industrial and graphic design, interior design and photography.

The beefed-up on-line version will periodically update and add novel entries, and has corrected many of the errors that, inevitably, appeared in the print edition. Users can perform keyword searches of the pair the text and the 720000-entry index. A 24-hour e-mail help desk and an 800 number are also available. novel print volumes covering specialized areas of inquiry such as African, Latin American and Italian Renaissance, are in the works and might first appear on-line.

allowing figures are not being disclosed, woodland claims that sales of the print edition--primarily to educational institutions and libraries--have been beneficial While a hardcover set goe for about $8800 an on-line subscription can be had for $1500 for single year for one to five coincident users. A discounted rate of $1000 is being tendered to owners of the printed put and, at this writing, the publisher is working without a bundle price which will include the one and the other versions. Internet users can examine out the on-line version upon the company's Web site at www.groveart.com.

--"Artworld" is compiled by means of Stephanie Cash and David Ebony

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