Research Guides: ARTH 259: Medieval Art & Architecture: Reference Materials

Art History Websites

Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection
Searchable site of 426309 images and records.
Smarthistory: Art of Medieval Europe
Smarthistory offers more than one thousand videos and articles on art from around the world and across time.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Painting the Life of Christ in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

Medieval England: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference DA129 .M43 1998
ISBN: 0824057864
Medieval France: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference DC33.2 .M44 1995
ISBN: 0824044444
Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference DD126 .M43 2001
ISBN: 0824076443
Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference DP99 .M33 2003
ISBN: 0415939186
Medieval Italy : An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference DG443 .M43 2004 v.2
ISBN: 0415939291
Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference DA933 .M43 2005
ISBN: 0415940524
Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference DS36.85 .M434 2006 v.2
ISBN: 0415966914
Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference DS124 .M386 2003
ISBN: 0415937124

Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Call Number: HAT Reference D114 .D5
The definitive encyclopedia on the Middle Ages.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Call Number: HAT Reference D114 .O94 2010
ISBN: 0198662629
Medieval Archaeology: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference D125 .M42 2001
ISBN: 0815312865
Encyclopedia of the Crusades
Call Number: HAT Reference D155 .A6 2003
ISBN: 0313316597
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs
Call Number: HAT Reference GR35 .M43 2000 v.2
ISBN: 1576071219
Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: HAT Reference HQ1143 .W643 2004 v.2
ISBN: 0313330166
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Call Number: HAT Reference N6260 .G75 2009
ISBN: 019530991X
Publication Date: 2009

Dictionary of Art
Call Number: Ref 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: HAT 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 as part of the Oxford Art Online database.
Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art
Call Number: Ref. N 7740 .C29 1995
ISBN: 0816033013
Allusions 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 James Hall;
Call Number: Ref. 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.

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Gospel Figures in Art by Stefano Zuffi
Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks (N8030 .Z8413 2003 )
ISBN: 089236727X
Publication Date: 2003
History of the Church in Art by Rosa Giorgi
Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks (N7830 .G5313 2008 )
ISBN: 0892369361
Publication Date: 2009
Saints in Art by Rosa Giorgi; Stefano Zuffi (Editor)
Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks (ND1430 .G5513 2003 )
ISBN: 0892367172
Publication Date: 2003-04-03
Old Testament Figures in Art by Chiara De Capoa; Stefano Zuffi (Editor); Thomas Michael Hartmann (Translator)
Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks (N8020 .D4 2003 )
ISBN: 9780892367450
Publication Date: 2004
Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church by Alfredo Tradigo; Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)
Call Number: Hatfield Library 2d Floor Stacks (N8187.5 .T7313 2006 )
ISBN: 0892368454
Publication Date: 2006