Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Bio-bibliographischer Index A-Z = The artists of the world. Bio-bibliographical index A-Z = Encyclopédie universelle des artistes. Index bio-bibliographique A-Z = Enciclopedia universale degli artisti. Indice bio-bibliografico A-Z = Enciclopedia universal de los artistas. Índice bio-bibliográfico A-Z
"Includes the names of more than 730,000 artists from more than 150 countries"--Vol. 12, back cover.
Provides an overview of the artists whose names have been selected for inclusion in the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, as well as being a handy alphabetical reference work. Entries give artist's name, types of art produced, place and date of birth and death, country of activity, and reference to a biographical dictionary.
"Th[is] new edition contains in addition to the existing 200,000 artists from previous AKL volumes 1-54 (up to Giovanni di Cione), additional artists' names and biographical information from more than 130 new or previously unused national and international encyclopedias of artists"--Vol. 1, p. vii.
Entries in English; prefatory matter in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.