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			The Oxford companion to art by Osborne, Harold, ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1991 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N33 O826O. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	The Winchester guide to keywords and concepts for international students in art, media and design / A.L. Makhoul and Simon Morley. by Makhoul, A.L [author] Morley, Simon [author] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publisher: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: N33 M343W 2015. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Dictionary of symbols in art : the illustrated key to Western painting and sculpture / Sarah Carr-Gomm by Carr-Gomm, Sarah Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Duncan Baird, 2000 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N7740 C377D. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The concise Oxford dictionary of art and artists by Chilvers, Ian, ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1990 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N33 C662. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The concise Oxford dictionary of art and artists by Chilvers, Ian, ed Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 1996 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N33 C662 1996. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The Oxford dictionary of art / edited by Ian Chilvers by Chilvers, Ian [ed.] Edition: 3rd ed. , new ed. Material type: Text; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2004 Other title: Dictionary of art Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N33 O936 2004. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The Penguin dictionary of art and artists by Murray, Peter Murray, Linda Edition: 6th ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Penguin, 1991 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N33 M877P 1991. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Dictionary of South and Southeast Asian art / Gwyneth Chaturachinda, Sunanda Krishnamurty, Pauline W. Tabtiang by Gwyneth Chaturachinda Sunanda Krishnamurty Pauline W. Tabtiang Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Chiang Mai : Silkworm, 2001 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N7300 G896D. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Dictionary of South & Southeast Asian art / Gwyneth Chaturachinda, Sunanda Krishnamurty, Pauline W. Tabtiang by Gwyneth Chaturachinda Sunanda Krishnamurty Tabtiang, Pauline W Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Chiang Mai : Silkworm, 2000 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N7300 G896D. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Art speak : a guide to contemporary ideas, movements, and buzzwords, 1945 to the present by Atkins, Robert Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Abbeville Press, 1997 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N6490 A844A 1997. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			A dictionary of Chinese symbols : hidden symbols in Chinese by Eberhard, Wolfram Campbell, G.L., tr Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 1998 Other title: life and thought Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF DS721 E237D. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The Prestel dictionary of art and artists in the 20th century by - Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Munich : Prestel, 2000 Other title: Dictionary of art and artists in the 20th century Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF N33 P737. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The dictionary of nautical literacy / Robert McKenna by McKenna, Robert Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Camden, Me. : International Marine, c2001 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF V23 M324D. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	The contemporary art book : the essential guide to 200 of the world's most widely exhibited artists / David Hodge, Charlotte Bonham-Carter by Bonham Carter, Charlotte Hodge, David, 1986- Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Goodman, 2011 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: N7438 B663C 2011. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Paintings in the Louvre by Gowing, Lawrence Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1987 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: N2030 G684P. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The cyberspace lexicon : an illustrated dictionary of terms by Cotton, Bob Oliver, Richard Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Phaidon Press, 1994 Other title: from multimedia to virtual reality Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF QA76.76 .I59 C677C. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)