Assignment
Select an object (or a small, related group of objects) from the extensive Ancient Roman Art collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art CollectionSearchable site of 425000+ images and records.
- Ancient Greek and Roman Art in SmarthistorySmarthistory offers more than one thousand videos and articles on art from around the world and across time.
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art HistoryAncient Roman art collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- MetPublicationsFive decades of the Met's Bulletin for free download.
Classical Mythology Books
Dictionary of Classical Mythology: Symbols, Attributes & Associations by Call Number: HAT Reference BL715 .B44ISBN: 0874360234Publication Date: 1982-01-01
The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion by Call Number: HAT Reference BL715 .O845 2003ISBN: 0192802887Publication Date: 2003-12-18
Cassell Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Call Number: HAT Reference BL715 .M37 1998ISBN: 0304346268
Handbook of Classical Mythology by Call Number: HAT Reference BL723 .H36 2004ISBN: 1576072266Publication Date: 2004-06-10
Art History Reference Books
Dictionary of ArtCall Number: HAT Reference N 31 .D5 1996ISBN: 1884446000The only comprehensive art reference work in the world. It covers all the visual arts from prehistory to the 1990’s in 34 volumes. This is also available online as Grove Art Online.
The Oxford Companion to Western Art by Call Number: HAT Reference N33 .O923 2001Publication Date: 2001Contains entries on artists and their works, styles and movements, art forms and art terms. This is also available online as part of the Oxford Art Online database.
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage by Call Number: Hatfield Library 2nd Floor Stacks CJ339 .O95 2012ISBN: 0195305744Publication Date: 2012
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture by Call Number: HAT Reference N5610 .G76 2007ISBN: 0195300823Publication Date: 2007- Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC)Call Number: HAT Reference N7760 .L49 1981ISBN: 3760887511Publication Date: 1981
Dictionary of Symbols in Western ArtCall Number: HAT Reference. N 7740 .C29 1995ISBN: 0816033013Allusions in pictures are the topic of this book which is intended to be a guide to the meanings of works of art.
Dictionary of Subject and Symbols in Art by Call Number: HAT Reference N7560 .H34 1974ISBN: 0813343933Publication Date: 2007-12-25Emphasizes Christian and classical subject matter from western art of the Renaissance and later. Greek and Roman mythology, classical heroes, legends and ancient history are also included.
Scholarly & Popular Reference Books
The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Call Number: HAT Reference DE5 .O9 2012ISBN: 0199545561Publication Date: 2012Older editions in the STACKS:
CALL Number: DE 5 O9 2003
CALL Number: DE 5 O9 1996
All Things Julius Caesar: An Encyclopedia of Caesar's World and LegacyCall Number: HAT Reference DG261 .L67 2015ISBN: 1440804206Publication Date: 2014
Humanities and Fine Arts Librarian
Guide to Imagery Series
Symbols and Allegories in Art by Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks N7740 .B2913 2005ISBN: 0892368187Publication Date: 2005
Symbols of Power in Art by Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks N8219.K5 R3613 2011ISBN: 160606066XPublication Date: 2011
