Allison Lee Palmer is associate professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art History at the University of Oklahoma. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from Rutgers University, and her research interest focuses on late medieval and Renaissance Italy.
Author Palmer characterizes neoclassicism as “the revival of
classical art and architecture beginning in Europe in the 1750s and
lasting until around 1830, with late neoclassicism lingering
through the 1870s.” Palmer is associate professor of art history at
the University of Oklahoma and author of Historical Dictionary of
Architecture (2008), also part of Scarecrow’s Historical
Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts series. Following a format
similar to other titles in the series, Historical Dictionary of
Neoclassical Art and Architecture begins with a 3-page chronology
and a 14-page introduction. A 237-page dictionary section is
the heart of the book. Entries feature mostly painters, sculptors,
architects, and other figures. Assorted entries also address
relevant subjects including Biedermeier, French Revolution, Grand
Tour, Rococo, Romanticism, and Veduta (“a painted, drawn, or
engraved landscape of a specific place”), which has a 2-page entry.
Boldface within an entry identifies subjects having their own main
entry. See also references are frequent. An extensively subdivided
35-page bibliography (including a bibliographical essay) concludes
the book. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.
*Booklist*
This is a fine work that is essential for all universities that
support majors in art, architecture, and history.
*American Reference Books Annual*
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