Subject Guides: Classical Art and Architecture: Background

Online Encyclopedia of Art | Start Here

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Searches key sources for art research: Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, etc. Includes guides to several topics in art.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks

* Brill's New Pauly Online
Comprehensive coverage of the ancient world from the prehistory of the Aegean (2nd millennium BCE) to late antiquity (600-800 CE). A special section of the encyclopedia is devoted to the reception of the ancient world until the present day and the history of classical scholarship. Articles cover all aspects of the ancient world: persons, places, institutions, events, technical terms, ideas and concepts. Many articles are illustrated with maps, site plans, genealogical tables, and images.

Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity. 16 vols. by Hubert Cancik, ed.
Call Number: HumRef DE 5 .N4813 2002. 16 vols.
Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Classical Tradition. 6 vols.
Call Number: E-book and Print in HumRef DE 5 .N4913 2006
Publication Date: 2006
Key encyclopedia in English for classical studies. This section covers the reception of classics in the modern world.

Smith and Plantzos. A Companion to Greek Art. 2 vols.
HumRef N 5630 .C716 2012 + E-book
Preston. A Dictionary of Pictorial Subjects from Classical Literature: A Guide to Their Identification in Works of Art.
HumRef N 7760 .P68 1983
Gagarin. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. 2010 (online)
The Atlas of Ancient Rome: Biography and Portraits of the City. 2 vols.
HumRef DG 63 .A8513 2017
Enciclopedia dell'arte antica, classica e orientale. 1958.12 vols.
HumRef N 31 .E48

The Routledge Handbook on the Reception of Classical Architecture by Nicholas Temple, ed.
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2019

Classical Mythology & Art

Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 8 vols. in 16.
Ancient Studies Room, level 5
N 7760 .L49 1981
Premier source for the iconography of classical mythology in art. Articles in French and German, heavily illustrated (plates and text)
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v.1. Aara-Aphlad
v.2. Aphrodisías-Athenas
v.3. Atherion-Eros
v.4. Eros-Herakles
v.5. Herakles-Kenchrias
v.6. Kentauroi et Kentaurides-Oiax
v.7. Oidipous-Theseus
v.8. Thespiades-Zodiacus
Indices (2 v.)
Suppl. 2009. Abellio-Zeus (2 v.)
Reid. The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. 1993. 2 vols.
HumRef NX 650 .M9 R45 1993
Topically classifies chronology of more than 30,000 artworks (art and literature) that take as their theme the subjects of Greek and Roman mythology, from circa 1300 to the present day.
Grimal. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology.
HumRef BL 715 .G713 1996
Bell. Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary.
HumRef BL 715 .B445 1991
Price. Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion.
HumRef BL 715 .O94 2004
Rombos. The Iconography of Attic Late Geometric II Pottery. 1988.
NK 4647.R65x 1988
Stoneman. Greek Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend. 1991.
HumRef BL 782 .S76x 1991

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Guides to Research

Weeks and Medeiros. A Research Guide to the Ancient World. HumRef CB 311 .X93 2015

Van Keuren. Guide to Research in Classical Art and Mythology. HumRef N 7760 .V3 1991

Lorenz. Ancient Mythological Images and Their Interpretation. HumRef N 5613 .L67 2016

Oxford Bibliographies Online

Bibliographies by classical scholars, with each entry including a brief introductory essay and citations to the most important books and articles on the topic.

Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics This link opens in a new window Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this cutting-edge resource guide researchers to the best available scholarship.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Art History This link opens in a new window Authoritative guide to scholarship on the best works available in all areas related to art history including books, articles, websites, blogs, etc. Browseable by subject area or keyword, it is regularly updated. Entries include a brief introductory essay with biographical or historical overviews and citations to the most important materials on the topic.