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Comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science,
culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the Renaissance
in 14^th-17^th century Europe, and the influence it has on
modern thought & society.

Artists and their works, styles and movements, art forms &
art terms, patronage, taste, theory, and criticism, and the scientific
examination of materials and techniques. 1700+ artists from classical times to
the 20th century.

Recent scholarship on photography as a social and artistic
practice; over 800 biographical entries, both on photographers and on others
who have influenced photographic culture from the 19th century to the present.

Devoted to gardens and the people and ideas involved in
their making. Combines a survey of the world's gardens, garden visiting,
horticulture, scientific issues, and the social history of gardens; biographies
of garden designers, nurserymen, & others.