Encyclopedias, Dictionaries...: Arts & Humanities

Contains more than 70,000 of the most commonly occurring surnames in the United States.

Updated edition of this lauded work on Judaism features more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.

Surveys the breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society – from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory.

Covers the development and expression of creativity, creativity within specific disciplines, the relationship of creativity and mental health, intelligence, and learning styles, and the process of being creative.

Offers all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history in over 300 entries signed by leading scholars and human rights experts.

Encompassing over four thousand years of artistry and innovation, this resource spans every art form, medium and civilization from Cycladic, Minoan, Helladic, and Etruscan art to the fall of the Roman Empire.

This encyclopedia examines the forms, artists, techniques, and types of western and non-western decorative arts throughout history.

Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments.

Coverage includes materials in art practice; materials in conservation; classes of artifacts; techniques and methods, terms, tools, theory, fakes and forgeries, and conservation theorists and practitioners.

Offers current and comprehensive scholarly information on the visual arts of the Renaissance in Northern Europe.

Primary source documents focusing on human and civil rights.

"Encompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics. Special attention is given to interrelations within these branches of the field and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines.

This 15 volume, second edition features revised and new articles. 12,000 entries are articles on theology, philosophy, history, literary figures, saints, and more.

Survey of the history of Western thought and culture. Each entry explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital, among many others.

Offers a record of the nation’s values, aspirations, anxieties, and beliefs as expressed in both everyday life and formal bodies of thought.

Provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics.

"Charts the interdisciplinary field of Peace Studies, offering a comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict."

The SAGE Handbook of Human Rights consists of more than 50 chapters that clarify and analyze human rights issues of both contemporary and future importance