ARTH 271: Greek Art and Architecture: Reference Materials

"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.

Emphasizes 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 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.

Contains entries on artists and their works, styles and movements, art forms and art terms. This is also available online.