Art History Websites
- Metropolitan Museum of Art CollectionSearchable site of 425000+ images and records.
- Ancient Greece in SmarthistorySmarthistory offers more than one thousand videos and articles on art from around the world and across time.
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art HistoryAncient Greek art collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ebooks about Mythology
Classical Mythology Reference Books
Dictionary of Classical Mythology: Symbols, Attributes & Associations by Call Number: MOH Reference BL715 .B44ISBN: 0874360234Publication Date: 1982-01-01
Cassell Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Call Number: MOH Reference BL715 .M37 1998ISBN: 0304346268
Handbook of Classical Mythology by Call Number: MOH Reference BL723 .H36 2004ISBN: 1576072266Publication Date: 2004-06-10
Mythology Websites
- Greek Mythology LinkA collection of myths retold by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, published in 1993.
- Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek MythologyAn Internet encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and religion.
- Perseus Digital Library: Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser1. Select type: Coin, Sculpture, Vase
2. Click on Keyword
3. Click on Divinities
4. Look for images of a god / goddess
Classical Art Reference Books (Print)
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture by Call Number: MOH Reference N5610 .G76 2007ISBN: 0195300823Publication Date: 2007Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC)
Call Number: MOH Reference N7760 .L49 1981ISBN: 3760887511Publication Date: 1981"LIMC is a multivolume encyclopedia cataloguing representations of mythology in the plastic arts of classical antiquity". Articles written by leading scholars can be in English, French, German or Italian. Each volume has two parts: part one contains images and part two contains detailed entries about the images in part one.
Dictionary of Subject and Symbols in Art by Call Number: MOH 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.The Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art by
Call Number: MOH Reference N7740 .H35 1994ISBN: 0064333140Publication Date: 1995
Humanities and Fine Arts Librarian
Art History Reference Books
Dictionary of ArtCall Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks 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: MOH 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.
Guide to Imagery Series
Gods and Heroes in Art by Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks N7760 .I4713 2003ISBN: 0892367024Publication Date: 2003
Nature and Its Symbols by Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks N7680 .I4713 2004ISBN: 0892367725Publication Date: 2004
Symbols and Allegories in Art by Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks N7740 .B2913 2005ISBN: 0892368187Publication Date: 2005
Finding Reference Books
The reference collection gathers together in one convenient location standard resources like encyclopedias, handbooks, and dictionaries that will help provide answers to questions on topics in many areas of research. These materials do not check out. 