Classical Art & Archaeology: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
A guide to Classical Art & Archaeology resources at Fondren Library
Dictionaries
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowArt resource containing Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, with access to more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images.
- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new windowPremium Collection contains over 200 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed, cross-searchable database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource. Includes added functionality and more detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series.
Print Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2002-. 24 vols. Receive all vols as published.Call Number: Fondren Ref DE5 .N4813Based on Paulys Real-Encyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Pt.1, v1-15; Index: Antiquity. Pt.2, v1-5; Index: Classical Tradition. Supplements v1: Chronologies of the Ancient World; v2: Dictionary of Greek and Latin Authors and Texts; v.3: Historical Atlas of the Ancient World; v4: Reception of Myth and Mythology.
- Enciclopedia dell'arte antica, classica e orientale. byCall Number: Art Ref N31 .E5 v.1-17
- Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture. byCall Number: Art Ref N5610 .G76 2007 v.1-2
- Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae byCall Number: Art Ref N7760 .L49 1981Most comprehensive illustrated encyclopedia of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman mythology. Provides brief description of myths and their various interpretations, with extensive bibliographic citations, line drawings or photographs. Literary sources and commentaries accompany each entry. Entries in language of authors: German, English, French, and Italian.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome byCall Number: DE5 .O95 2010 v.1-7
- New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 byCall Number: ART REF DG68 .R5 1992
- Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, 1976. byCall Number: ART REF DE59 .P7
- Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome. New York: Praeger, 1961-1962. byCall Number: ART NA310 .N28 v1-2 restricted
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