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Visual Arts Encyclopedias

The Art Book
Call Number: REF N33 A575 1994
The Grove Dictionary of Art
Call Number: REF: N 31 D5 1996
Gardner 's Art through the Ages
Call Number: REF N 5300 G25 1996
Janson History of Art
Call Number: REF N 5300 J3 1986
The Visual Arts: A History
Call Number: REF N 5300 H68 1995
The Encyclopedia of Art
Call Number: Reference Collection N 31 E533
The Language of Art
Call Number: REF N 33 L346 1997

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