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346 Books The necessity to 'ask the right questions' is stressed in the History section by Michael Crabb in his article Whither Canadian Dance History? His suggestions will be of value to each historian of dance, due to his presentation of guidelines for historiography and suggestions of areas for investigation beyond Canada's borders. Other articles in this section cover choreographers Brydon Paige and Michel Fokine and dancer Adeline Genee, Kenneth Laws' Physics and Ballet: ANew Pas de Deux allows readers to extend the vista of dance technique by considering the validity and understanding of physical laws in the study ofdance. There is an interesting article entitled Notation of Dance with Computer Assistance by authors Calvert, Landis and Chapman. Finally, I wonder why arts policy and education are lumped together into one section. The lone article on policy is of interest to those connected with government arts funding, while the education domain is covered in three articles of somewhat differing emphases. Pergamon Press deserves the gratitude of dance scholars for its publication of this valuable collection in continuing the quiet effort toward increased circulation and visibility of the work of dance scholars. In her Preface, Taplin remarks of dancology that 'it is upon its development that full maturation of the dance partly depends and which it also reflects'. Several major publishers seem to have abandoned their dance publication units, which does not forecast a brighter future for this emerging field. My suggestion is that steps be taken to launch a journal dedicated to dance research. Arts Review Yearbook 1980. Annabel Terry-Engell, ed. Eaton House Publishers, London, 1980. 152 pp., ilIus. Paper, £4.25. The Yearbook is outstanding for its tabulations and lists of useful information on the visual arts in the U.K., in London in particular. The following lists are noteworthy: selected exhibition catalogues; suppliers of artists' materials; associations of friends of museums; forthcoming major London and regional exhibitions; fine arts magazines; London's main art critics; London and regional galleries; London museums and public galleries; regional art associations; print publishers and dealers; print studios; art societies and organizations; British art and design colleges; auctioneers; art book publishers and book shops; art collections in country houses; index of 1979 art exhibitions. Most of the lists contain annotations. A map of central London showing the location of galleries is given. Also included are a review of exhibitions in 1979 and three major articles (on art in 1912, on the history of British cartooning and on painting and literature). The 1977 Yearbook was reveiwed in Leonardo 12, 171 (1979). Twentieth-Century European Painting: A Guide to Information Sources. Anne-Marie Cutul. Gale Research, Detroit, 1980. 520 pp. $28.00. This important specialized annotated bibliographic Guide to 20th-Century European Painting covers primarily material in English, but important monographs and other works in German, French, Italian and Spanish are included that are unavailable in English and, in some cases, that contain otherwise unavailable illustrations. The material referred to comprises principally books, exhibition catalogs, special issues of periodicals and published dissertations. Periodical articles are not included. The scope of the Guide extends from 1905, with the advent of Fauvism, to the cut-off date, July 1977. The author points out that, 'although the guiding criterion has been to include important and well-known artists, the selection is bound to be subjective and somewhat arbitrary. Some artists who are covered in Sydney Keaveney's American Painting (Detroit: Gale Research, 1974) are not included, such as Herbert Bayer, Marcel Duchamp, Lyonel Feininger, George Grosz, Richard Linder, and Pavel Tchelitchew. Lack of space became a limiting factor ... Some women artists, not necessarily considered major painters, are included, because they are poorly covered in standard biographical sources.' Chapter titles indicate the coverage: General Reference Sources; General Works Relating to Modern Painting; Artists' Writings, Statements, Interviews and Studio Visits; Aesthetics, Philosophy, Theory, and Techniques of Modern Painting; Histories, Introductions, and Surveys of Modern Painting; Individual Countries; Movements, Styles, and Groups of Modern Painting; Individual Artists; Periodicals; Museums with Important Collections of Modern European Painting; Some Major Galleries and Art Organizations ... ; Some Major Recurring International Exhibitions ; Some Important Libraries and Documentation Centers ; Major Publishers of Books ... ; Distributors of...

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