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An essential reference which lifts words from print to ear with reliable and correct pronunciation. It includes, in addition to artists, names of architects, designers, works of art, foreign museums, acronyms and art terms. This extremely handy and definitive guide is great for both the art aficionado and the uninitiated.

An essential reference which lifts words from print to ear with reliable and correct pronunciation. It includes, in addition to artists, names of architects, designers, works of art, foreign museums, acronyms and art terms. This extremely handy guide is intended for a wide audience ranging from art aficionados to the newly initiated, from respected academics to the humblest students, from museum directors and personnel to the casual visitor, virtually anyone interested in art. To quote a former museum director & art history professor of a major university: “Every student should have one… How do you pronounce Dirk Bouts anyway?”

Susan Ford, an art historian and former owner of an internationally renowned architecture and design bookshop, has been active in the field of art books, both in New York and Toronto, for the past 25 years. Prior to that she was a curatorial assistant and educator at the Art Gallery of Ontario and lectured at McMaster University. She studied at McGill University and the University of Grenoble and received her M.A. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University where she was a fellowship recipient.