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ARTH 271: Greek Art and Architecture: Reference Materials

Art History Websites

Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection
Searchable site of 425000+ images and records.
Ancient Greece in Smarthistory
Smarthistory offers more than one thousand videos and articles on art from around the world and across time.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greek art collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ebooks about Mythology

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology by David Leeming
ISBN: 9780195156690

Publication Date: 2005-11-17
Classical Mythology: a Very Short Introduction by Helen Morales
ISBN: 9780192804761

Publication Date: 2007-11-09
The Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower; Antony Spawforth; Esther Eidinow
ISBN: 9780199545568

Publication Date: 2012-05-04
A Bestiary of Monsters in Greek Mythology by Spyros Syropoulos
ISBN: 1784919500

Publication Date: 2018-08-31

Classical Mythology Reference Books

Dictionary of Classical Mythology: Symbols, Attributes & Associations by Robert E. Bell
Call Number: MOH Reference BL715 .B44

ISBN: 0874360234

Publication Date: 1982-01-01
Cassell Dictionary of Classical Mythology by March, Jenny
Call Number: MOH Reference BL715 .M37 1998

ISBN: 0304346268
Handbook of Classical Mythology by William F. Hansen
Call Number: MOH Reference BL723 .H36 2004

ISBN: 1576072266

Publication Date: 2004-06-10

Mythology Websites

Greek Mythology Link
A collection of myths retold by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, published in 1993.
Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology
An Internet encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and religion.
Perseus Digital Library: Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser
1. 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 Gordon Campbell
Call Number: MOH Reference N5610 .G76 2007

ISBN: 0195300823

Publication Date: 2007
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC)
Call Number: MOH Reference N7760 .L49 1981

ISBN: 3760887511

Publication 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 James Hall;
Call Number: MOH Reference N7560 .H34 1974

ISBN: 0813343933

Publication Date: 2007-12-25

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 Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art by James A. Hall
Call Number: MOH Reference N7740 .H35 1994

ISBN: 0064333140

Publication Date: 1995

Humanities and Fine Arts Librarian

Doreen Simonsen

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Mark O. Hatfield Library
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Art History Reference Books

Dictionary of Art
Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks N 31 .D5 1996

ISBN: 1884446000

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.
The Oxford Companion to Western Art by Hugh Brigstocke, Ed.
Call Number: MOH Reference N33 .O923 2001

Publication Date: 2001

Contains 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 Lucia Impelluso; Stefano Zuffi (Editor)
Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks N7760 .I4713 2003

ISBN: 0892367024

Publication Date: 2003
Nature and Its Symbols by Lucia Impelluso; Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)
Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks N7680 .I4713 2004

ISBN: 0892367725

Publication Date: 2004
Symbols and Allegories in Art by Matilde Battistini
Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks N7740 .B2913 2005

ISBN: 0892368187

Publication 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.

Willamette University

Willamette University Libraries

Mark O. Hatfield Library

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Salem Oregon 97301

library@willamette.edu

Pacific Northwest College of Art Library

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Portland Oregon 97209

pnca-library@willamette.edu