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Iconography Resources
- The Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art: Worldview, Symbolism, and Culture in Africa, Oceana, and Native North America
- Reference E98.A7 W49 2000
- Entries on iconographic subjects and symbols such as animals, deity archetypes, natural phenomena, and patterns
- Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
- Reference N7560.H34 2008
- Provides background on subjects and their depictions in Western Art
- Flammarion Iconographic Guides
- Provides brief histories of subjects and their sources
- Descriptive examples of representations in art, often with an illustration
- Gods and Heroes of Classical Antiquity
- Art & Architecture Collection N7760.A34 1996
- The Bible and the Saints
- Reference N7825.D8413 1994
- Buddhism
- Guide to Imagery
- Gods and Heroes in Art
- Reference N7760.I4713 2003
- Old Testament Figures in Art
- Gospel Figures in Art
- Reference N8030.Z8413 2003
- Saints in Art
- Reference ND1430.G5513 2003
- Iconographic Index to New Testament Subjects
- Iconographic Index to Old Testament Subjects
- Reference ND1430.R63 1987
- Extensive list of examples of biblical subjects depicted in paintings
- Primarily Italian and other European objects, without explanation of subject matter or references to locations of reproductions
- Ikonographie der christlichen Kunst
- Reference N7830.S35
- Recommended for more advanced, comprehensive research
- Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art
- Reference N7740.H17 1994
- Geographic scope includes ancient Egypt and Near East (Mesopotamia), India, and the Far East
- The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s
- Reference NX650.M9 R45 1993
- Summary of subjects
- References to classical literary sources
- Chronological examples of the subjects in all the arts
Primary Source Materials for Iconography
- Ovid's Metamorphoses
- Legenda Aurea
- Also known as the Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine BX4654.J3
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook
- English translation printed by Willaim Caxton in 1483
- Free web resource
- Iconologia
- Cesare Ripa's manual, editions available N7740.R5