10. ICONOGRAPHY
General
Hall, James. Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art. (2008)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7645 H1411]
Best small handbook for western art.
Iconclass. (Online: www.iconclass.nl)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7640 Aw11] (Paper)
An iconographic classification system devised by Henri van de Vaal and used in several photographic archives, e.g. the Decimal Index of the Art of the Low Countries, the Marburger Index, the Witt Library, the Getty Photo Archives, etc. The Iconclass system has been published in paper along with a systematic bibliography arranged by iconography, 14 vols. + 3 vol. index (1981-85).
Lurker, M. Bibliographie zur Symbolkunde. 3 vols. (1964-68)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7640 AL97]
Interdisciplinary. Continued by title below.
Bibliographie zur Symbolik, Ikonographie und Mythologie. (1968- )
[Avery Fine Arts N 3 B47]
Continues the preceding.
Classical
Bober, P. and R. Rubinstein. Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture. (1986)
[Avery Fine Arts NB 85 B634]
Based on the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture known in the Renaissance. {In section 12}
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae. (LIMC) 8 in 16 vols. text and plate vols. (1981-1997)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7760 L59]
Covers Mycenaean to Early Christian. Entries in language of author (Eng., French, German, Italian). Updated bibliography can be found online on a German website at http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~m99/.
Medieval
Lexikon der Christlichen Ikonographie. Ed. by E. Kirschbaum. 8 vols. (1968-76)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7645 L59]
Standard dictionary of Christian iconography and the saints.
Index of Christian Art Database. (Online 1991 to date)
[At Princeton University] (Paper, 1917 to date )
A huge photographic archive with a thematic index in card catalog form. Reproduces and indexes all Christian art up to 1400. Online version rarely includes illustrations.
Réau, Louis. Iconographie de l'Art Chrétien. 6 vols. (1955)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7640 R23]
Schiller, Gertrud. Ikonographie der Christlichen Kunst. 5 vols., index vol. (1966-91)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7648 Sch33]
________. Iconography of Christian Art. 2 vols. (1971-72)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7648 Sch332]
English transl. of vols. 1-2 only of above.
Renaissance
Kaftal, G. Saints in Italian Art. 4 vols. (1952-1985)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 8080 K115-118]
By region. Each vol. has separate title.
Rubinstein, R. and P. Bober, eds. Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture: a Handbook of Sources. (1986)
[Avery Fine Arts NB 85 B634]
Tervarent, A. Attributs et Symboles dans l'Art Profane, 1450-1600. 3 vols. (1958-59)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7645 T67]
Based on The Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaisssance {in section 12}
Van Marle, Raimond. Iconographie de l'Art Profane au Moyen-Age et à la Renaissance. 2 vols. (1931)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7640 M34]
Zappella, Giuseppina. IRIDE: Iconografia Rinascimentale Italiana: Dizionario Enciclopedico: Figure, Personnagi, Simboli e Allegorie ne Libro Italiano del Quattrocento e del Cinquecento. (1992-)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 6915 Z17]
Baroque
Pigler, A. Barockthemen. 3 vols. (1974)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 7640 P621]
Classical and Biblical iconography only. Illustrated. References to further illustrations.
Non-Western (Here are samples of books on non-western iconography.)
Eberhard, Wolfram. A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought. (1986)
[Starr East Asian DS 721 .E32613 1986]
Stutley, Margaret. Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography. (1985)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 8190 St98]
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