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Iconography

Online Resources:

Oxford art online

The Grove Iconography article is an excellent starting point. It includes detailed sections on the history, the methods and classification schemes. The article includes an extensive bibliography.

General Reference Works:

Encyclopedia of comparative iconography

Publisher: Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.

Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art

Author: Hall, James, 1918-2007.

Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, 1979, c1974.

Illustrated dictionary of symbols in eastern and western art

Author: Hall, James, 1918-2007.

Publisher: New York : IconEditions, c1994.

Christian Iconography:

The golden legend of Jacobus de Voragine.

Author: Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298. Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298.

Publisher: Salem, NH, Ayer Co., 1969 [c1941]

numerous editions of this work are available. Check the catalog for later editions and copies.

Iconographie de l'art chrétien.

Author: Réau, Louis, 1881-1961.

Publisher: Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 1955-

Iconography of Christian art

Author: Schiller, Gertrud. Schiller, Gertrud.

Publisher: Greenwich, Conn. : New York Graphic Society, 1971-

Medieval iconography

Author: Friedman, John Block, 1934- Wegmann, Jessica M.

Publisher: New York : Garland Pub., 1998.

Ancient Mythology and Iconography:

Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae

Publisher: Zürich : Artemis Verlag, c1981-

Early Greek myth

Author: Gantz, Timothy.

Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, c1993.

Reading Egyptian art

Author: Wilkinson, Richard H.

Publisher: London ; Thames & Hudson, 1992.

Classical mythology

Author: Morford, Mark P. O., 1929- Lenardon, Robert J., 1928-

Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts, 1300-1990s

Author: Reid, Jane Davidson, 1918- Rohmann, Chris.

Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.