Medieval Art: Researching & Resources

Liv ValmestadReference Librarian

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Researching Medieval ArtResearching Medieval Art

(Reference)

Dictionaries/ Encyclopedias Art Historical

Surveys Bibliographies Sources and

Documents

DVD Documentaries

Serials/Journals Cultural/Historical

Surveys Image Databases the WWW

Gothic Art 1140-c.1450Ref N6310 F7 1971

Subjects Depicted in Works of ArtSubjects Depicted in Works of Art

symbols, objects, emblems

iconography - the study of the meaning of the work’s subjects and symbols and of any literary references from which they derive

iconology - provides a deeper meaning for themes in relation to history, religion, customs and social concerns at a particular time

Genesis: Adam and EveGenesis: Adam and Eve

subjects/patrons?

Robert Campin, Merode Altarpiecec. 1425

Signs and Symbols in Christian ArtREF N7830 F37 1959

Limbourg BrothersLes Très Riches Heures for the Duc de Berry:

June: Fenaison (Hay Harvest)circa 1411/13-1416

Musée Condé, Chantilly, France

REF N7560 E53 1998

Indexes to Subjects Depicted in Indexes to Subjects Depicted in ArtArt Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

http://www.famsf.org

National Gallery of Arthttp://www.nga.gov/

Non-Biblical Sources

The Golden Legend - lives of the Holy Family and the Christian Saints DAFOE PR 1847 A5 G

Christian Subjects Web Sites

Catholic Eycyclopedia http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/cathen.htm

Christus Rex (illustrations)http://www.christusrex.org

Orthodox Page, Icons http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/icons/icons.html

Pay Attention: tips for assignment!

Style Guide BISON Searching Online Databases

Alert: assignment tip

Question #4 :searching for an author on a specific subject

An article on Tres Riches Heures by Michael Bath

Robert Campin, Merode Altarpiecec. 1425Find an article by Barbara Lane in Art Index

Class participation

SIMONE MARTINIThe Road to Calvary c. 1340The Louvre,

Paris, France

7 basic steps of research:7 basic steps of research:

1.Examine the work of art carefully and describe what is depicted

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

2. Check specialized dictionaries to locate information on the subject

Christian Subjects

The Oxford dictionary of saints. Dafoe REF BR 1710 F34 1997

*Signs & symbols in Christian art. (Ferguson)REF 7830 F37 1961

Iconography of Christian Art, 2 vols. (Schiller) N 7830 S3513

BISON SUBJECT(keyword) search: christ passion art

3.Consult all types of reference material, exhibition catalogues and any pertinent web sites to learn more about the subject and symbols

4.Read the literature from which the story or symbols might have derived

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5. Learn as much about the artist as possible

Grove Art Online – e-libraryDictionary of Art - Reference

BISON Web

6. Place the work within its art historical period and formulate a

record of the work .?????

a)BISONb)Index to Christian Art; Art Index ;

BHA

7. Compile a reading list on the social history of the period

Florentine Painting and its Social Background by Frederick Antal

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