Collins Memorial Library: ARTH 360 : Greek Art: Subject Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Subject Encyclopedias and Other Reference Sources

Art Online (Oxford)
Covers all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art. Includes the full text of 'The Dictionary of Art,' and gives users access to subject entries, biographies, bibliographic citations, image links and images contained within Grove Art Online, as well as entries and images from the 'Oxford Companion to Western Art,' the 'Concise Dictionary of Art Terms,' and 'Oxford’s Encyclopedia of Aesthetics.' Thematic timelines and learning resources are also included.

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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World: A Companion to Greek Art by Tyler Jo Smith (Editor); Dimitris Plantzos (Editor)
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 9781405186049
Publication Date: 2012-05-21
A comprehensive, authoritative account of the development Greek Art through the 1st millennium BC. An invaluable resource for scholars dealing with the art, material culture and history of the post-classical world Includes voices from such diverse fields as art history, classical studies, and archaeology and offers a diversity of views to the topic
Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean by Rachel Kitzinger (Editor); Michael Grant (Editor)
Call Number: Reference (DE59 .C55 1988 )
ISBN: 0684175940
Publication Date: 1988-01-01
A three-volume reference work of 97 original essays on the people, customs, government, religion, and arts of the ancient world, from 2000 B.C. to the fall of Rome in A.D.476. Structured to present a comparative rather than chronological study of Greek and Roman institutions and life.
Brill's New Pauly by Hubert Cancik (Editor); Helmut Schneider (Editor); Manfred Landfester (Editor); Christine F. Salazar (Editor)
Call Number: DE5 .N4813 Reference
ISBN: 9004122591
Publication Date: 2011
Brill s New Pauly is the first lexicographic project that both differentiates between Greco-Roman antiquity itself and its subsequent images, and demonstrates the close connection between antiquity and its aftermath.
An Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology by Nancy T. De Grummond (Editor)
Call Number: DE5 .E5 1996 Reference
ISBN: 0313220662
Publication Date: 1996
Focuses on Greek and Roman material, but also covers the prehistoric and semi-historical cultures of the Bronze Age Aegean and the Etruscans and manifestations of Greek and Roman culture in other parts of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Oxford Companion to Archaeology by Brian M. Fagan (Editor)
Call Number: Click on title above for online access.
ISBN: 9780195076189
Publication Date: 1996
Entries range from broad overviews, to treatments of particular themes, to discussions of peoples, societies, and particular sites.
Atlas of the Roman World by Tim Cornell; John R. Matthews
Call Number: Reference (DG77 .C597 1983 )
ISBN: 9780871966520
Publication Date: 1982-10-01
This comprehensive, three-part historical and cultural atlas documents the origins of Rome and Greek influence, the transition from Republican to Imperial Rome, and the rise and decline of the Roman Empire.
Atlas of the Greek and Roman World in Antiquity by Nicholas G. Hammond (Editor)
Call Number: Oversized Collection ; G1033 .A84
ISBN: 9780815550600
Publication Date: 1982-01-01

Mythology Sources

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Greek Mythology ebooks
An assortment of ebooks covering classical mythology.

Select print titles in classical mythology:

Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Robert E. Bell
Call Number: Reference (BL715 .B44 1982 )
ISBN: 0874363055
Publication Date: 1980-12-01
Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology by FElix Guirand
Call Number: BL310 .L453 1959
A comprehensive reference guide to ancient and prehistoric legend, exploring the folklore and mythology of every nation and civilization.
Who's Who in Greek and Roman Myth by David A. Kravitz
Call Number: BL715 .K7
ISBN: 9780517527474
Publication Date: 1985-08-21
Alphabetically arranged entries provide information about major and minor figures in Greek and Roman mythology.
Women of Classical Mythology by Robert E. Bell
Call Number: BL715 .B445 1991
ISBN: 9780874365818
Publication Date: 1991-06-30
The first and only comprehensive biographical dictionary devoted to mythological women.
Who's Who in Classical Mythology by Michael Grant; John Hazel
Call Number: BL715 .G68 1993
ISBN: 9780195210309
Publication Date: 1993-11-11
Who's Who in Classical Mythology is an indispensable guide to all the Greek and Roman mythological characters, from major deities such as Athena and Bacchus, to the lesser-known wood nymphs and centaurs. Also included, of course, are the heroic mortals, figures such as Jason, Aeneas, Helen, Achilles, and Odysseus, all brought to life in a fascinating series of portraits drawn from a wide variety of ancient literary sources.

Symbolism

Reverse Symbolism Dictionary by Steven Olderr
Call Number: CB475 .O37 1992
ISBN: 9780899505619
Publication Date: 1992-10-01
This work presents ideas, situations or objects (ancient to modern), and gives the appropriate symbols (allusions, associations, attributes, or emblems).
Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art by James A. Hall
Call Number: Reference N7740 .H35 1994
ISBN: 9780064309820
Publication Date: 1996
Hall explores the language of symbols in art, showing how paintings, drawings, and sculpture express many shades of meaning from simple, everyday hopes and fears to the profoundest philosophical and religious aspirations.
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography by Helene E. Roberts (Editor)
Call Number: N7560 .E53 Reference
ISBN: 9781579580094
The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography compares the uses of iconographic themes from mythology, the Bible and other sacred texts, literature, and popular culture in works of art through various periods, cultures, and genres.
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art by James A. Hall; Kenneth Clark (Introduction by)
Call Number: Ref N7560 .H34
ISBN: 9780064301008
Publication Date: 1979-09-04
Entries are succinct and absorbing.
A Dictionary of Pictorial Subjects from Classical Literature by Percy Preston
Call Number: Reference (N7760 .P68 )
ISBN: 9780684179131
Publication Date: 1983-09-01
Identifies the symbolic meaning of objects, people, and activities in paintings that allude to Greek and Roman myths.