LibGuides: Medieval/Gothic Art & Architecture: Images/Iconography

Digital Databases

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
The ARTstor Digital Library provides images with tools for teaching and research. Collections are comprised of contributions from museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, artists and artists' estates from all over the world. Collections encompass a wide variety of subject areas, including art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, world history, American Studies, Asian, Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Although this is an encyclopedia, one can also search for images.

Online Museums/Galleries

J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A.
Louvre Museum, Paris
Metropolitan Museum of Art , NYC
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence

New York Carver - A comprehensive listing of Medieval Art Museums.

The Google Art Project: Like Street View for Museums
http://www.googleartproject.com/ gathers together seminal works from Germany, Russia, New York, and 14 other locations online. The interactive street-view-style interface makes even hairline cracks visible. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art are among the participating galleries.

Iconography

GENERAL SUBJECT DICTIONARIES

Dictionary of subjects and symbols in Art
Call Number: REF N 7560 H34 1979b
Encyclopedia of comparative iconography: themes depicted in works of art
Call Number: Q REF N 7560 E53 1998
Hall's illustrated dictionary of symbols in eastern and western art
Call Number: Q REF N 7740 H35 1994
Image as insight: visual understanding in Western Christianity and secular culture
Call Number: BV 150 M47 1985 (St. Paul's)
Dictionary of symbolism: cultural icons and the meanings behind them
Call Number: Q REF AZ 108 B5313 1994

CHRISTIAN SUBJECTS

The Oxford dictionary of saints
Call Number: BR 1710 F34 1997 (Dafoe)
Signs & symbols in Christian art
Call Number: Q REF N 7830 F37 1959
Iconography of Christian Art, 2 vols.
Call Number: REF N 7830 S3513

Catholic Encyclopedia

Databases

Bibliography of the History of Art This link opens in a new window
BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art/Bibliographie d'histoire de l'art) covers the years 1990-2007; RILA (Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art) covers the years 1975-1989.
For material published after 2007 see the International Bibliography of Art (IBA).
The Getty Web version includes all records with abstracts in French or English and all subject terms in French and English.

Image Resources

Images Resources compiled by Janin Henri, UCLA is an excellent resource.