'This work, covering the entire history of three-dimensional art, is a valuable addition to a core art-reference collection. International in scope, the encyclopedia -- which contains strong supporting materials -- provides 600 detailed entries of informa

'This work, covering the entire history of three-dimensional art, is a valuable addition to a core art-reference collection. International in scope, the encyclopedia -- which contains strong supporting materials -- provides 600 detailed entries of information on artists, major works, movements, media, techniques, regions, and nations.'--'The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year,' American Libraries, May 2004.

Product Description: An astonishing group of sixty-nine “Character Heads” by German sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783) has fascinated viewers, artists, and collectors for more than two centuries. The heads, carved in alabaster or cast in lead or tin alloy, were conceived outside the norm of conventional portrait sculpture and explore the furthest limits of human expression...read more