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Medieval Art in Western Europe*Important Note: If this
is your first art history course, be sure to
thoroughly explore the ARTIFAQ page on the Art Library
website. It includes many key, authoritative online
resources. A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe. [N5970.C56 2006]
Dictionary of the
Middle Ages. Art Reference
[D114. D5 1982] Medieval Art: a
Topical Dictionary. Art
Reference [N7850 .R67 1996] Medieval
Iconography: a Research Guide. Art Reference
[NX449 .F75 1998] Oxford Companion to
Christian Art and Architecture. Art Reference
[N7830 .M87 1996] Penguin Dictionary
of Saints. Art Reference [BX 4655.8
A8] See also online guide
Christian Iconography for numerous additional resources. The
Grove Dictionary of Art Online is a major
encyclopedic work for art with extensive texts, bibliographies, links
to images on the web, cross-references to related
topics, etc. Essential resource; print edition also
in Art Library. The Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale is a multivolume encyclopedia with good bibliographies and color plates. Art Reference [N5965.E5 1993] See also the New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia and print edition (Art
Reference [BX841 .C25]) and New Catholic
Encyclopedia (Davis Reference) for background on
saints, iconography, patrons (e.g. popes,
etc.). To locate articles in
journals, there are numerous options on the Libraries'
Articles Databases page:
Art Full Text for citations to articles, full text articles are
available from 1997 to the present.
Bibliography of the History of Art for citations
and abstracts of articles, books, exhibition
catalogs, etc. but not the full article. The most
scholarly art history database.
International Medieval Bibliography - This
bibliography of the European Middle Ages (c.
450-1500) has been produced in print form since 1968
by the International Medieval Institute (University
of Leeds). Coverage is drawn from over 4,000
periodicals as well as from miscellaneous collections
of conference proceedings, essay collections, and
Festschriften.
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages for all aspects
of the Middle Ages, not just its artistic; important
for background information for art topics. The Royal Historical Society Bibliography provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British empire and commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present.
(See also our webguide
"Finding
Periodical Articles" which is extremely
comprehensive, covering all topics and time
periods). In addition, on the E-Indexes
page, major journals databases with full-text
include:
Academic Search Premier The E-journals
section of the Libraries web page also includes
full-text journal articles; see Art and History
subject sections especially.
ARTstor provides curated collections of art images and
associated data for noncommercial and scholarly, non-profit
educational use.
Bible in English (searchable) on E-Indexes page
CAMIO offers rights-cleared, high-quality art images for class
projects, art history and studio art programs, course Web sites,
lectures, presentations, and research resources. International Center for
Medieval Art includes a number of links,
including images from illuminated manuscripts, and
Biblical texts.
Labyrinth includes texts, images, bibliographies,
links and a search engine. Illuminated
Manuscript Facsimiles at UNC Libraries, which is categorized by
type. The print edition is available at the front desk in the Art Library. ORB: the online
reference book for Medieval Studies. The Royal Historical Society Bibliography provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British empire and commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present.
Snyder, Art of the Middle Ages [N5975 .S58 2006](on reserve) Be sure to consult the
bibliographies in these surveys. For other basic
works see s=art medieval (and related titles
and subheadings) in online catalog. |
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