- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Research Guides
- Art
- ART HIST 415: Death and the Afterlife (Spring 2024)
- Dictionaries and Reference Sources
ART HIST 415: Death and the Afterlife (Spring 2024) : Dictionaries and Reference Sources
A research guide designed to support the research of students in Art History 415.
Online Dictionaries and Reference Sources
- ARTstorContains approximately 1.7 million images in the areas of western and non-western art.
- Encyclopedia of the Middle AgesCovers Middle Ages from the fifth to the fifteenth century. It explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history. With a focus on focus on Europe and Christendom, the Encyclopedia also covers the rise of Islam.
- The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and ArchitectureDeals with all aspects of classical art from Cycladic, Minoan and Etruscan art to the fall of the Roman Empire.
- The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art HistoryAn overview of art history, the Heilbrunn Timeline pairs essays and works of art with chronologies, telling the story of art and global culture through the Museum’s collection.
- Oxford Art OnlineOnline full-text version of Grove Dictionary of Art (a 34 volume encyclopedia), Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and more.
- Oxford Dictionary of the Christian ChurchIndispensable reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church.
Print Reference Sources
- Iconography of Christian art by Gertrud SchillerCall Number: N7830 S31913 1971A thorough, copiously illustrated history of Christian medieval Christian iconography. One copy is located in the Reference Room (does not circulate) and one copy is available for checkout in the stacks.
- Icons and saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church by Alfredo TradigoCall Number: Reference N8187.5 T7313 2006
- Saints in Art by Rosa Giorgi; Stefano Zuffi (Editor) Christian saints have been the objects of reverence and fascination throughout the past two millennia. Their likenesses, heroic acts, prayerful lives, and stories of martyrdom have been portrayed frequently in art of diverse media. Unfamiliar with the saints and their images and symbols, viewers of art may find it challenging to identify, for example, which saint is represented as a monk with an axe through his head, or a beautiful girl holding a wheel, or a woman carrying her eyes on a plate. From Agatha to Zeno, Francis of Assisi to Mary Magdalene, Saints in Arti presents the characteristic features of more than one hundred saints often encountered in sacred Western art. Each saint is introduced by a practical list of his or her unique attributes. Entries also include notes on the saints' lives and a series of visual references to help the reader recognize these exemplary figures, their histories, and their special devotions. This useful resource is illustrated with a stunning collection of masterpieces.Call Number: Reference ND1430 G5513 2003