Contains 45,000 authoritative articles on all aspects of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography. Includes biographies of artists, patrons, and writers on art; info rmation on civilizations and cultures, towns and cities, styles and movements, art forms, materials and techniques; surveys of art by country; maps; and art news from The Art Newspaper.Com. Articles contain bibliographies; links to associated images in the Bridgeman Art Library and in external websites. Index locates significant discussion of subjects that are mentioned throughout the dictionary. Content updated on a regular basis.

Database providing extensive biographical entries as well as bibliographies of relevant primary and secondary resources.

Enhanced online version of the 29-volume print edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, also comprising the complete New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Contains scholarly articles on all aspects of music and includes links to images, digital sound, and related sites. Updated quarterly.

This reference work covers the history of philosophy worldwide. It includes extensive treatment of topics in ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, and philosophy of mind as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, language and education.